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7 Interesting Facts About the Capital Region’s Twin Bridges
Are you one of the thousands that cross the 'twins' each day? Heading North to Lake George or heading South to Albany? Most of us from the Capital Region refer to the bridge spanning the Mohawk River as the Twin Bridges or simply the 'twins' but there is much more to this landmark.
Here are 7 interesting facts about our Twin Bridges.
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1. The Twin Bridges opened in 1959.
2. We call it the Twin Bridges but it's actually named the Thaddeus Kosciusko Bridge. Kosciusko was a Polish patriot that helped us defeat the British in the Revolutionary War.
3. It is estimated that approximately 115,000 vehicles cross the Twin Bridges each day.
4. The Twin Bridges are located in Saratoga County AND Albany County, New York.
5. The Twins were inaugurated in 1961 by Governor Nelson Rockefeller.
6. The Twin Bridges are more than 2 and one-half football fields in length.
7. Thaddeus Kosciusko was friends with Vice President Thomas Jefferson. According to New 10, Jefferson helped Kosciusko draw up a will with proceeds from his estate going to help free as many slaves as possible.
Next time you cross the Twin Bridges, I mean the Thaddeus Kosciusko Bridge, think of the 100,000 others that have crossed that day and remember the Polish patriot that the bridge is named after.
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