The Livingston Avenue Bridge is a railroad bridge over the Hudson River in New York connecting Albany and Rensselaer. The original structure was built in 1866 by the Hudson River Bridge Company but was replaced in 1901–02. A rotating swing bridge span allows large ships to proceed up the river.

The Livingston Avenue Bridge spans the Hudson River connecting the cities of Albany and Rensselaer, New York by rail. New York State DOT proposes to replace the Livingston Avenue Railroad Bridge, view renderings of the new bridge here .

2015年8月24日 · Hilton writes that the bridge crossed about a half mile above the old railroad ferry and linked the New York Central Railroad on the west and the Hudson River, New York and Harlem, and Albany and Boston Railroads on the east. He provides an extensive physical description of the bridge, which follows:

2024年2月7日 · The state Department of Transportation now estimates that replacing the Livingston Avenue bridge – a key passenger-rail crossing for Amtrak trains – will now cost $550 million for the bridge...

2011年2月28日 · The Livingston Avenue Bridge, the graceful and anachronistic swing bridge that carries trains across the Hudson River at Albany and still swings open to let larger ships reach Troy, has been part of the landscape longer than anyone now alive. It is …

2024年7月16日 · The New York State Dept. of Transportation is planning to rebuild an aging rail bridge over the Hudson River that regularly causes delays of freight and passenger service through the Albany...

2022年1月26日 · The project will replace the existing, Civil War-era bridge with a new, modern structure capable of supporting higher speed passenger rail, freight rail, maritime transport, and bicycle-pedestrian access."

2022年12月21日 · Completion of the new bridge, which is expected by the end of 2026, will build on the success of previous projects in and around the City of Albany, including the Albany Skyway, which transformed an underutilized exit ramp from northbound Interstate 787 into an elevated park that connected the city's downtown to the Hudson River; and the ...

2015年8月26日 · The Hudson River Bridge Company built the first structure to cross the Hudson at Albany. When it opened in 1866, it was simply the Hudson River Bridge. Once the Maiden Lane Bridge opened at the end of 1871, the older bridge was often called the North Bridge.

2022年12月27日 · The project to replace Albany's Civil War-era Livingston Avenue bridge is taking a major step forward. New York State Department of Transportation Commissioner Marie Therese Dominguez says,...