Assembly Approves Renaming Triborough Bridge for RFK
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ALBANY — A bridge that leads to the airport named for President Kennedy is getting renamed for his younger brother, Robert F. Kennedy, the New York senator assassinated in 1968.
The state Assembly has given final legislative approval to rename New York City’s Triborough Bridge, following Senate approval in April. Governor Paterson plans to sign the measure to call it the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge, a spokesman, Errol Cockfield, says. The bill memo notes “minimal budgetary impact” for the cost of changing signs.
The Triborough Bridge, opened in 1936, is actually a complex of three bridges, a viaduct, and 14 miles of approach roads. It connects Manhattan, the Bronx and Queens.
