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The George Clinton Kingston–Rhinecliff Bridge is a continuous under-deck truss toll bridge that carries NY 199 across the Hudson River in New York State north of the City of Kingston and the hamlet of Rhinecliff. It was opened to traffic on February 2, 1957, as a two-lane (one in each direction) bridge, although it was not actually complete.
New York State Route 199 (NY 199) is a 30.91-mile-long (49.74 km) state highway located in the Hudson Valley of the U.S. state of New York.Its western end is in Ulster County, where it begins as the continuation of the short U.S. Route 209 freeway east of its interchange with U.S. Route 9W; after crossing the Kingston–Rhinecliff Bridge over the Hudson River the rest of the highway crosses ...
Kingston–Rhinecliff Bridge: NY 199: Ulster – Rhinebeck: 1957 $1.50 (eastbound) Rip Van Winkle Bridge ... Newcomb Bridge NY 28N: Newcomb Bridge Campsite Road ...
[10]: 12 Kingston ferry service ended in January 1957, shortly before the opening of the Kingston–Rhinecliff Bridge. [34] The railroad sold the Shatzell Avenue footbridge to the town in 1958. [4] [35] The New York Central began removing tracks from the main line in the 1950s as traffic decreased. Only three tracks were in use at Rhinecliff by ...
The closest river crossing is the Kingston–Rhinecliff Bridge (New York State Route 199), 4 miles (6 km) to the north. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Rhinecliff CDP has a total area of 1.0 square mile (2.6 km 2), of which 0.02 square miles (0.04 km 2), or 1.37%, is water. [2] Rhinecliff Fire Department antique
The New York State Thruway project will continue in 2024, with plans to wrap up in 2025.
The Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge provides the only access from this direction. In the north it is the line between the towns of Clermont and Germantown. The south boundary is not a municipal line but rather coterminous with the south boundary of Margaret Lewis Norrie State Park north of Staatsburg. [4]
The Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge, 4.32 miles (6.95 km) to the north, carries New York State Route 199 and is the nearest bridge traversing the Hudson River. U.S. Highway 9W runs north–south through the city.