Triborough Bridge to be named for Robert Kennedy

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/ny-nyrfk0712149713nov07,0,5820157.story


BY ALFONSO A. CASTILLO | [email protected]
7:40 PM EST, November 6, 2008

New Yorkers soon will be able to take the RFK on their way to LGA and JFK.

On Nov. 19, the Triborough Bridge will formally be renamed the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge in honor of the late New York senator, who was assassinated 40 years ago while campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination.

"I really can't imagine a more appropriate way to honor his memory in his state, because he did reach out to so many people and did literally bridge so many divides," Kennedy's daughter, Kerry Kennedy, said at a news conference Thursday at the MTA's Manhattan offices, during which details of the name change were released.

The renaming of the bridge in honor of Kennedy was the brainchild of former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer. His successor, Gov. David A. Paterson, pushed for the State Legislature to adopt the plan, which it did in August.

Re: Triborough Bridge to be named for Robert Kennedy

They should have named it after me.