For 120 years, it’s been essential to Albany’s transportation and industrial history, but now this bridge's days over the Hudson River are coming to a close.
A news crew was reporting on a flood happening in North Carolina when the bridge they were on started to collapse right in front of them, no one was injured & they were able to back away safely.
Over a month ago, a barge, tug boat and the Captain JP broke free and headed down the Hudson river. The Captain JP was wedged beneath a bridge for hours and now they have assessed the damage.
Covered bridges are most certainly a thing of the past, you just don't see them anymore. However, here in the Capital Region, we have the longest one in the world.
Life is a lot faster in the city than it is here in upstate. So fast in fact that a cabbie has been tailgating drivers onto the RFK bridge for two years now to avoid paying tolls. How many tolls? $28,240 worth, which is enough to make this cabbie face up to 7 years jail time...