Collar City Bridge
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Collar City Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 42°44′25″N 73°41′20″W / 42.740218°N 73.688884°W |
Carries | 8 lanes of NY 7 |
Crosses | Hudson River |
Locale | Colonie, Green Island and Troy, NY |
Other name(s) | Hoosick Street Bridge |
Maintained by | NYSDOT |
ID number | 1070869 |
Characteristics | |
Design | Girder bridge |
History | |
Opened | 1981 |
Location | |
The Collar City Bridge (also known as the Hoosick Street Bridge) carries NYS Route 7 (NY 7) across the Hudson River connecting Colonie, New York, with Troy, by way of passing over Green Island.
History
[edit]The bridge had been planned since the 1950s, but did not open to traffic until 1981 connecting Troy and Green Island to I-787. By the end of the decade, the NY 7 Freeway was completed with a connection to the bridge. The bridge's official name, a reference to the City of Troy's nickname, was selected by an elderly couple in nearby Berlin.[1]
See also
[edit]- Transport portal
- Engineering portal
- New York (state) portal
- List of fixed crossings of the Hudson River
References
[edit]- ^ Furfaro, Canielle (2007-07-13). "Bridge to history". Times Union (Albany). Retrieved 2007-09-19. [dead link]
- Capital Highways. "Collar City Bridge". Archived from the original on 2007-12-21. Retrieved 2007-09-19.