We are on the precipice of committing a multi-billion-dollar civic mistake. New York City may build a temporary highway in the sky over the Brooklyn Bridge approach to keep traffic moving while it repairs the deteriorating Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE) beneath the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. As Gothamist recently reported, the proposal would create an elevated bypass

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