State Announces Funding To Repair 11 Bridges In Mid-Hudson Valley

MID-HUDSON VALLEY, NY — To deal with severe weather and crumbling infrastructure, New York officials have pledged another hefty amount of assistance for local governments to work on some of their most urgent bridge and culvert issues. Grants are going to 11 projects in the mid-Hudson Valley.

The state's BRIDGE NY initiative, which this go-round includes $60.1 million total for the Hudson region, aims to make New York's local communities stronger, its infrastructure more resilient and more equipped to mitigate the impacts of climate change.

It also helps tackle the long list of bridges and culverts in bad shape.

The projects in the mid-Hudson Valley are:

• $4.614 million to Dutchess County for the replacement of the Route 103 bridge over the Saw Kill.
• $1.5 million to Dutchess County for the replacement of the Titusville Road culvert carrying the tributary to Wappinger Creek.
• $1.5 million to the Town of Washington for the replacement of the Oak Summit Road culvert carrying the tributary to Sprout Creek, Dutchess County.
• $2.538 million to Orange County to replace the decking on the Bloomburg Road bridge over Plattekill Creek.
• $4.328 million to Town of Wallkill to perform maintenance on the Midway Road bridge over Wallkill River, Orange County.
• $1.495 million to Orange County for the replacement of the Lower Road culvert carrying the tributary to Wallkill River, Orange County.
• $2.927 million to the Town of Woodbury for the replacement of the Ridge Road culvert, Orange County.
• $1.5 million to Orange County for the replacement of the Dunderberg Road culvert carrying the tributary to Woodbury Creek.
• $3.135 million to Town of Plattekill for the replacement of the Old Mill Road bridge over Quassaick Creek, Ulster County.
• $5 million to Ulster County for the replacement of the Hurley Mountain Road bridge over Esopus Creek.
• $5.225 million to Sullivan County for the replacement of the BWS Road bridge over Neversink River.

One in three bridges in the United States needs major repair work or should be replaced, according to the latest report from the American Road & Transportation Builders Association, which ranked New York 12th for the percentage of structurally deficient bridges. Rockland was the only New York county outside NYC with any bridges on the annual report's list of 200 Most Traveled U.S. Structurally Deficient Bridges:

• Interstate 87 over Rte 303
• Interstate 87 over Route 59 WB, Rte 59