Kosciusz-KO! Bridge is blown away

THE REMNANTS of the old Kosciuszko Bridge were blown to bits early Sunday.

Demolition crews imploded the span that has connected Brooklyn and Queens for 78 years after lawmakers formally bid it farewell during a morning press conference.

A jubilant Gov. Cuomo counted down the seconds to the bridge’s demolition from aboard a boat drifting along Newtown Creek, about 1,000 feet from the blast.

With an ear-popping boom ringing out for miles across Brooklyn and Queens, sections of the left and right spans of the bridge crashed down with 944 coordinated charges that threw billows of smoke hundreds of feet into the cloudless sky.

Before the bridge fell, Cuomo took a humorous trip down memory lane, recalling whiteknuckled drives across the city with his dad, former Gov. Mario Cuomo.

“I remember my father would drive us from Queens to Brooklyn to go visit our grandparents,” the governor said. “The whole way through Queens he was nervous and driving like a crazy man because he wanted to get to the Kosciuszko before there was traffic — except it was impossible to get to the Kosciuszko Bridge before there was traffic.”

The demolition allows workers to complete construction of the second span of the new bridge over the creek. The work should be finished by 2020.

Traffic on the BrooklynQueens Expressway was halted for five to 10 minutes ahead of the 8 a.m. demolition. The state called it an “energetic felling,” which promptly drew mockery on social media.

“What does that mean? I don’t know,” Cuomo said to laughter.