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The Williamsburg Bridge Plaza, sometimes called Washington Plaza〔 or the Williamsburg Bridge Transit Center, is a major bus terminal located at the foot of the Williamsburg Bridge in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, one block west of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (I-278). It is situated by the boundaries of Broadway, Havemeyer Street, Roebling Street and South 5th Street, south of the LaGuardia Playground. It contains six bus lanes and serves as a terminal for the many MTA New York City Transit Authority bus routes of Brooklyn and Queens that start and end their runs there. This bus terminal is near the Marcy Avenue subway station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Marcy Avenue and Broadway, which is served by the .〔 The bus terminal is one of three plazas at the foot of the bridge that constitute Washington Plaza, along with Continental Army Plaza and LaGuardia Playground across South 5th Street which are run by the Parks Department. __NOTOC__ ==History== The bridge plaza terminal has existed at least since the opening of the Williamsburg Bridge in December 1903, and possibly earlier. The plaza originally served as a hub for surface trolleys, including those from Nostrand Avenue surface line and those that went over the bridge to Manhattan. In 1951, the New York City Transit Authority took operations of the lines, replacing them with bus routes and establishing the current bus terminal. The new lines including the current B39 route, and the B44 route which replaced the Nostrand Avenue line.〔〔 The New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) is planning to renovate this terminal. The project will bring new benches, a sleek, glass-paneled indoor waiting room, public restrooms and widened sidewalks to the eight bus lines serving in the terminal. The project was unveiled in October of 2013, with NYCDOT officials planning to begin construction in spring 2014 and complete the project in summer 2015. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Williamsburg Bridge Plaza Bus Terminal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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