Carries Four lanes of US 9W ID number 000000001069749 Longest span 297 m Location Kingston | Crosses Rondout Creek Opened 1979 Clearance below 17 m Body of water Rondout Creek | |
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Locale Kingston-Port Ewen, New York Maintained by New York State Department of Transportation Design Steel continuous girder bridge Bridge type Continuous truss bridge, Truss bridge, Girder bridge Similar Kingston–Port Ewen Suspensi, Kingston–Rhinecliff Bridge, Rosendale Trestle, Continuous truss bridge, Girder bridge | ||
The John T. Loughran Bridge carries U.S. Route 9W (US 9W) over Rondout Creek between Kingston and Port Ewen, New York, 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 Hudson River.
Map of John T. Loughran Bridge, Kingston, NY 12401, USA
It is a continuous girder bridge with four spans, totalling 973 feet (297 m) 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 New York Court of Appeals, 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 preservationists to get the decaying area, once Kingston's waterfront in the days of the Delaware and Hudson Canal, designated a historic district. It was later listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Today many of the buildings have been renovated and the area is a popular destination for visitors to the city.