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Re: Schumer wants pedestrian/bike path on new Amtrak rail bridge between Albany and Rensselaer |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue May 8 03:39:16 2012, in response to Schumer wants pedestrian/bike path on new Amtrak rail bridge between Albany and Rensselaer, posted by Olog-hai on Tue May 8 01:55:58 2012. Albany Union station is LONG gone, a bank bought it and abandoned it. Then they built I-787 where the tracks were ages ago. Albany turned the rest of it into a park. And the former D&H headquarters is now SUNY. No point in a train station there.The Amtrak bridge is on the verge of collapse although survivors are unlikely to drown as the Hudson ain't that deep anymore. As long as they HAVE to build a new bridge, putting sidewalks on the outside of the span is no big deal compared to the costs of replacing it anyway. Money's already there to eliminate the last bottleneck, the single track between Rennselaer and Schenectady so even there they have to redo the bridge anyway to service the new second track that's being built. Fact is, a pedestrian/bike crossing would be a FABULOUS idea since you can't do that on the Dunn Memorial bridge OR the I-80 bridge. Your only option now is to swim. Or more accurately, wade ... Stick to fantasies of New Jersey, we LIKE this idea. |
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