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Article: IT'S 50 YEARS AND COUNTING FOR KINGSTON-RHINECLIFF BRIDGE
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- February 1, 2007
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The New York State Bridge Authority issued the following news release:
February 2, 1957 marked the opening of the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge. Fifty years later, the link between northern Ulster and Dutchess counties continues to live up to all expectations.
"I'm proud to say that the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge is in great shape" Bridge Authority Chairman James Sproat said, "and I expect we'll still be crossing the Hudson on the KRB in another 50 years."
A Brief History of the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge
In January of 1944, Senator Arthur Wicks from Kingston and Senator Hatfield of Dutchess teamed up on legislation authorizing a $50,000 fund for a survey of the area.
The measure failed in its ...