For 120 years, it’s been essential to Albany’s transportation and industrial history, but now this bridge's days over the Hudson River are coming to a close.
Over a month ago, a barge, tug boat and the Captain JP broke free and headed down the Hudson river. The Captain JP was wedged beneath a bridge for hours and now they have assessed the damage.
As a Waterford resident, I have to say this whole bridge construction has been a pain.
Now listen, before you go and get upset with me and say, "it needed to be done" or "don't you care about safety?" Of course I care and of course I know it needed to be done, but still, as an every day commuter, it was starting to become more and more of a problem.
I live on the Cohoes side of the Cohoes Waterford Bridge and I understand that it needs to be replaced. I don't understand, however, why they have to shut down the entire area for every weekend in July.
A crash on the Tappan Zee bridge on Friday was caused by a truck from Cohoes.
There was apparently a problem with the truck's suspension system.
The Journal News reported that the tractor-trailer belonged to Kelman Transport LLC of Cohoes...