Soon Enough, Every Bridge Everywhere Will Have Fancy Lighting

Nine bridges in New York will twinkle through the night by 2018. Thanks to thousands of LEDs, spans ranging from the Henry Hudson Bridge in Inwood to the Crossbay Veterans Memorial Bridge in the Rockaways will light up, to dazzling effect, every night—and with special effects for the Fourth of July, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and other color-coded events.

The nine bridges, the first phase of a $500-million overhaul for Metropolitan Transportation Authority–administered bridges and tunnels, will join the Empire State Building and One World Trade Center as New York structures that shine for the big moments. Imagine them all lit up blue and orange to celebrate a championship for the Mets or the Knicks. (Or some other, more likely color-oriented scenario.)