Hudson

Tue August 08, 2017

Video Update: NJ-Bound 8M-Pound Structure Transported Down Hudson River

The Port of Coeymans moved an 8-million-pound heating structure from the port onto a barge Aug. 2, for transport south on the Hudson River on its way to New Jersey. It is the largest project of its kind ever in the U.S....

Fri May 01, 2015

“I Lift NY” Crane Goes to Work on New Bridge Over Hudson

TARRYTOWN, N.Y. (AP) - The “I Lift NY” crane has begun pulling its weight. Officials say the enormous floating crane pulled off its first big lift on Friday. The crane arrived in New York last year to help build a new Tappan Zee bridge over the Hudson River,Officials say it hoisted and set a 600-ton concrete cap for one of the piles that will support the new bridge....

Jennifer Peltz - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed December 12, 2012

NYC Breaks Ground on Huge Hudson Yards Project

NEW YORK (AP) Work to transform the largest undeveloped property in Manhattan from a railroad storage yard into a sleek new neighborhood of spiky high-rises and graceful parks got a formal start Dec. 4, with developers and officials heralding it as the next big thing in a city known for them....

Verena Dobnik - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed August 08, 2012

Hudson Yards: An Urban Town Within a City

NEW YORK (AP) - New York lost the 2012 Olympics, but the city’s bid for the summer games spurred another, visionary venture: building up the largest undeveloped parcel in Manhattan. While London got the games, New York was left with the best opportunity for development remaining in town....

Tue October 26, 2010

Hudson River Port Delivers Big for Industry

The shortest distance between two points is often said to be a straight line. But in some cases, the easiest — and only — way to get from Point A to Point B is via the Hudson River. Located 10 mi....

David Porter - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Fri September 24, 2010

Hudson Rail Tunnel Work Grinds to Halt

NORTH BERGEN, N.J. (AP) With a massive earthmover idled atop a pile of dirt as a backdrop, Democratic leaders assailed Gov. Chris Christie Sept. 17 for halting work on an $8.7 billion rail tunnel into New York and accused him of playing politics with a project whose costs he has been aware of for months....

Fri August 13, 2010

New Bridge Arrives in NYC After Float Down Hudson

NEW YORK (AP) A prefabricated 350-ft. (107 m)-long bridge that will replace a 109-year-old span across the Harlem River arrived July 26 aboard two barges that were pushed and pulled by tugboats. The 2,400-ton (2,177 t) swing bridge passed under the Brooklyn Bridge, on its way to its home, just south of the old Willis Avenue Bridge....

Fri October 09, 2009

N.Y. Certifies $5.1M in Stim Funds for Hudson Valley Jobs

Gov. David Paterson announced the certification of $5.1 million in funding for Hudson Valley transportation projects under the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The funding includes $1.2 million to replace the Beckley Drive over Fantine Kill Bridge in Ulster County, and $293,000 to install stormwater separator systems in Dutchess County....

Fri July 17, 2009

Ground Broken on First Hudson Valley Stimulus Project

Gov. David Paterson announced the ground breaking of the first transportation infrastructure project in the Hudson Valley funded through the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Construction began on the $2.8 million project to rebuild the Odell Avenue Bridge over the abandoned railroad in the city of Yonkers in Westchester County....

David S. Chartock - Tue September 04, 2007

MTA Tackles Complex Henry Hudson Deck Replacement

Labeled as “the most ambitious, complicated and challenging construction job ever undertaken at this facility,” the 70-year-old Henry Hudson Bridge is undergoing a lower level deck replacement....