Article: IT'S 50 YEARS AND COUNTING FOR KINGSTON-RHINECLIFF BRIDGE

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 ...

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