Brooklyn Bridge Park bigwigs are shelling out millions of dollars to build an entirely new span in place of the beleaguered Squibb Bridge, which zig zags from its namesake park in Brooklyn Heights down to the waterfront lawn below, and for the second time closed due to structural problems back in July.

“We have announced plans to fully replace Squibb Bridge,” Eric Landau, president of the semi-private Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation, which oversees the green space, said at a Dec. 5 corporation board meeting. “There is certainly a long history with this bridge.”

Landau also is confident that the looming reconstruction of the Brooklyn–Queens Expressway’s triple cantilever — which stretches 1.5 miles between Atlantic Avenue and Sands Street, and cuts beneath the stretch of Columbia Heights where locals currently enter Middagh Street’s Squibb Park — won’t affect work on the new bridge or pool, although he conceded that using either during the expressway repair may not be a pleasant experience. https://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/41/50/dtg-squibb-bridge-dead-2018-12-07-bk.html