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traffic. Funding for construction had not yet been allocated. One matter of contention was whether the project will restore the closed public walkway over the bridge. Doing so would greatly improve pedestrian access between Albany and
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as well as opening and closing the bridge. Due to the deteriorated condition of the bridge, trains cross one at a time at 15 miles per hour (24 km/h). DOT considers the swing bridge mechanism to be unreliable and the overall bridge design inadequate for current railroad operating standards. The
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Poughkeepsie, NY. A small branch extends east from Albany-Rensselaer station down the Post-Road subdivision, where Amtrak's ownership terminates just south of the
Interstate 90 Berkshire Spur overpass. The Livingston Avenue Bridge is most frequently used for east-west travel in New York, as well as
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was constructed a bit further south, the Hudson River Bridge was used mostly for freight trains and the few passenger trains that passed by Albany but did not need to stop there. The Maiden Lane Bridge was often referred to as the "South Bridge" and the Hudson River Bridge as the "North Bridge". In
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west from Troy. The new bridge, called the Hudson River Bridge, was to connect directly to the New York
Central Railroad on the west (Albany) side of the bridge and to the Hudson River Railroad, Troy and Greenbush Railroad, and Boston and Albany Railroad on the east (Rensselaer) side. The
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the motivation for this closure was retaliation against the owners of New York
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The current bridge was constructed in 1901-2 and was named the
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