Watch Again: Old Kosciuszko Bridge Blown Up Sunday

GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN — The old Kosciuszko Bridge was finally blown up Sunday morning after a previous plan to blow it up over the summer was delayed and the demolition, despite ample public warning, startled some Brooklyn residents. The bridge connected Brooklyn and Queens for decades.

The bridge will be replaced by a six-lane span — which opened with a big show in April — and a four-lane span — with two Queens-bound lanes, one Brooklyn-bound lane and a pedestrian path — expected to open in 2020.

New Yorkers have been anxiously awaiting the demolition of the bridge, some with excitement as tens of thousands of people RSVPed to a Facebook event to watch the bridge explode for the earlier date in June and others, not so excited about the bridge's bleak prospect, swore to protect it.

Watch: New York City Takes Down 78-Year-Old Bridge

The NYPD warned that the bridge would meet its end around 8 a.m. and that there would be a loud explosion.

Still, the noise startled some Brooklynites.

If you weren't lucky enough to be one of the few who got to witness the implosion first hand, you can watch — as many times as you please — the explosion on video:

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo counted down to 10 for the bridge demolition.

Kathleen Culliton contributed to this report.

Photo: The old Kosciuszko Bridge is imploded on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017 in New York. Over 900 explosives brought down the 20 remaining steel truss spans. The eastbound span of the new Kosciuszko Bridge opened in April. The second span is scheduled to be finished by 2020. Photo by Michael Noble Jr./Associated Press