We report the finding of kiloparsec (kpc)-scale radio structures in three radio-loud narrow-line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) galaxies from the Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-centimeters (FIRST) of the Very Large Array (VLA), which increases the number of known radio-loud NLS1s with kpc-scale structures to six, including two γ-ray emitting NLS1s (PMN J0948+0022 and 1H 0323+342) detected by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. The detection rate of extended radio emissions in NLS1s is lower than that in broad-line active galactic nuclei (AGNs) with a statistical significance. We found both core-dominated (blazar-like) and lobe-dominated (radio-galaxy-like) radio structures in these six NLS1s, which can be understood in the framework of the unified scheme of radio-loud AGNs that considers radio galaxies as non-beamed parent populations of blazars. Five of the six NLS1s have (i) extended radio luminosities suggesting jet kinetic powers of 10 44 erg s −1 , which is sufficient to make jets escape from hosts' dense environments, (ii) black holes of 10 7 M ⊙ , which can generate the necessary jet powers from near-Eddington mass accretion, and (iii) two-sided radio structures at kpc scales, requiring expansion rates of ∼ 0.01c-0.3c and kinematic ages of 10 7 years. On the other hand, most typical NLS1s would be driven by black holes of 10 7 M ⊙ in a limited lifetime of ∼ 10 7 years. Hence the kpc-scale radio structures may originate in a small window of opportunity during the final stage of the NLS1 phase just before growing into broad-line AGNs.
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