The John T. Loughran Bridge carries U.S. Route 9W (US 9W) over

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between

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and Port Ewen,

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, United States. It also crosses over Ferry Street on the Kingston side. It is located just downriver from the historic Kingston-Port Ewen Suspension Bridge, which carried 9W until the Loughran Bridge was constructed. It is just upriver from where the Rondout empties into the

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. It is a continuous

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with four spans, totalling in length. In 1979, upon its opening, it was dedicated and named for John T. Loughran, a Kingston native whose judicial career was capped by his service as chief judge of the

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, the state's highest judicial position, from 1945 until his death in 1953. Its construction required the demolition of a few blocks of the West Strand neighborhood on the north side. This rallied

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to get the decaying area, once Kingston's waterfront in the days of the

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, designated a

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. It was later listed on the

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. Today many of the buildings have been renovated and the area is a popular destination for visitors to the city.

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