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The Castleton Bridge is a
cantilever truss
A cantilever bridge is a bridge built using structures that project horizontally into space, supported on only one end (called cantilevers). For small footbridges, the cantilevers may be simple beams; however, large cantilever bridges designe ...
bridge over the
Hudson River
The Hudson River is a river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York. It originates in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York and flows southward through the Hudson Valley to the New York Harbor between N ...
, connecting
Coeymans,
Albany County with
Schodack,
Rensselaer County
Rensselaer County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 161,130. Its county seat is Troy. The county is named in honor of the family of Kiliaen van Rensselaer, the original Dutch owner of the ...
in
New York. It carries the
Berkshire Connector of the
New York State Thruway. This bridge is also sometimes called the Castleton-on-Hudson Bridge and is situated in close proximity to the
Alfred H. Smith Memorial Bridge, which is used by rail traffic.
The Castleton Bridge is located on the longest section of the New York State Thruway that does not have an
Interstate Highway designation, between interchanges 21A (
Interstate 87) and B1 (
Interstate 90). There is a $0.60 toll each way to cross this bridge. It is not collected at a separate toll barrier, but is rather collected as part of the Thruway's
ticketed toll system. It costs at least $1.05 to cross ($1.00 with an
E-ZPass discount), by traveling between Interchange 22 and Interchange B1 on the Thruway. It is the northernmost road bridge on the Hudson River with a toll and is the only bridge with a toll in both directions (collected as part of the Thruway's existing ticketed toll system); every road bridge south of this has an eastbound-only toll.
File:2014-08-28 14 21 13 View west crossing the Castleton Bridge over the Hudson River.JPG, The view on the bridge
File:Castleton Bridge from afar.jpg, The view from about a mile away
History
The bridge was built in the late 1950s, and opened May 26, 1959 to coincide with the opening of the final 6-mile segment of the New York State Thruway's Berkshire Section connecting to the
Massachusetts Turnpike
The Massachusetts Turnpike (colloquially "Mass Pike" or "the Pike") is a toll highway in the US state of Massachusetts that is maintained by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT). The turnpike begins at the New York state li ...
.
L-Tech Coatings completed updates as painting contractor for BBL Construction in two seasons in 1985 and 1986.
In May 2007, the bridge carried 14,500 vehicles per day.
NYSDOT
The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) is the department of the New York state government responsible for the development and operation of highways, railroads, mass transit systems, ports, waterways and aviation facilities in ...
,
FHWA and
NYSTA have discussed potential strategies to divert peak hour traffic traveling along
Interstate 90 between exit 24 and exit B1 to the Castleton Bridge to reduce traffic volumes on the
Patroon Island Bridge in
Albany.
See also
*
List of fixed crossings of the Hudson River
References
External links
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Bridges over the Hudson River
Toll bridges in New York (state)
New York State Thruway Authority
Bridges completed in 1959
Road bridges in New York (state)
Cantilever bridges in the United States
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