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# Squibb Park Bridge Bounces Back Wednesday, April 19
- URL: https://bklyner.com/squibb-park-bridge-bounces-back-wednesday-april-19/
- Published: 2017-04-17T20:42:57.000Z
- Updated: 2017-04-17T20:48:21.000Z
- Author: Pamela Wong
- Tags: News, Nonsponsored, North Western Brooklyn, Arup, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn Heights, HNTB, James Yolles, Squibb Park Bridge, Ted Zoli, #wp

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Photo by Daryl Lang via [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151543656590140&set=basw.AbpTGzqwXPYDpdbuI%5F-CYEoGVnu%5FqN-cJNF2sgqvcLNOpC1JhT51q52Fafp6Ia5wdVPSFuEXXQsfESwYvNs%5FQE236wsjmcckgkh5rNkbMcK1dTcHti7MWsFV08TxXVCAEQ4EuDUSoGXvq-9fv87dfais.267454226767744.549276825095175.10151543656590140.10152994988553298.10152761709123298.592116234188263&type=1&theater)

Brooklyn Bridge Park just announced that it will reopen [Squibb Park Bridge](http://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/park/squibb-park-bridge?ref=bklyner.com) this Wednesday, April 19 at 10am.

The bouncy, wooden pedestrian walkway that connects Brooklyn Heights to Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 1 opened to much fanfare in March 2013, but was forced to shut down in [August 2014 due to structural problems](http://nyti.ms/1ORAUwi?ref=bklyner.com).

The Park enlisted the engineering firm [Arup](http://www.arup.com/?ref=bklyner.com) in January 2016 to “plan and oversee repairs” to the 450-foot-long bridge, a Brooklyn Bridge Park spokesperson said.

Designed by 2009 MacArthur Fellow Ted Zoli, an engineer at HNTB, the bridge zig-zags over the BQE. In 2016, Brooklyn Bridge Park took Zoli and his firm to court in a $6 million law suit over “faulty design,” [according to Brownstoner](http://www.brownstoner.com/neighborhood/brooklyn-heights/brooklyn-bridge-park-suing-creator-bouncy-squibb-bridge-6-million/?ref=bklyner.com).

The costly repairs to the bridge ran upwards of $3 million, [according to Brooklyn Paper](http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/40/15/dtg-squibb-bridge-repairs-complete-2017-04-14-bk.html?ref=bklyner.com).

Squibb Park Bridge will reopen just in time for the Spring/Summer season.