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Manhattan Bridge Bike Detour ENDS Monday Monday Monday!
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John Del Signore
Published Feb 28, 2012
Modified Feb 28, 2012
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The war is over! Or at least the unnerving merge onto Bowery from the Manhattan Bridge, where cyclists have been unceremoniously dumped out for the past eight months due to a detour on the bridge. In July, the DOT rerouted cyclists to the south side of the bridge, which was formerly the pedestrian side. The view of the Brooklyn Bridge at sunset was lovely, but the exit from the bridge onto Bowery was not specifically too good, according to some people. Especially not with police routinely blocking the joke of a bike lane.
On Monday, March 5th, balance will be returned to the Force when cyclists are once again allowed to use the extremely bike-friendly Manhattan entrance to the bridge on Forsyth Plaza, as well as the equally pleasant bike ramp on Sands Street in Brooklyn. Pedestrians, meanwhile, will be instructed to return to the south side walkway, but if history is any guide many of them will just ignore that.
The detour was implemented to allow workers to perform a major maintenance job on the Manhattan Bridge, replacing all the bridge suspenders and repairing all the cables. The DOT says construction work will now transition from the north to the south side of the bridge, so some construction sheds will remain in place for several months.
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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