The Collar City Bridge (also known as the Hoosick Street Bridge) carries
NYS Route 7 (NY 7) across the
Hudson River
The Hudson River, historically the North River, is a river that flows from north to south largely through eastern New York (state), New York state. It originates in the Adirondack Mountains at Henderson Lake (New York), Henderson Lake in the ...
connecting
Colonie, New York, with
Troy
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, by way of passing over
Green Island.
History
The bridge had been planned since the 1950s, but did not open to traffic until 1981 connecting Troy and Green Island to I-787. By the end of the decade, the NY 7 Freeway was completed with a connection to the bridge. The bridge's official name, a reference to the City of Troy's nickname, was selected by an elderly couple in nearby
Berlin
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.
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List of fixed crossings of the Hudson River
This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Hudson River, from its mouth at the Upper New York Bay upstream to its cartographic beginning at Henderson Lake (New York), Henderson Lake in Newcomb, New York.
Crossings
The crossings are l ...
References
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Bridges over the Hudson River
Bridges completed in 1981
Road bridges in New York (state)
Interstate 87 (New York)
Bridges on the Interstate Highway System
Bridges in Rensselaer County, New York
Bridges in Albany County, New York
Girder bridges in the United States
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