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History: The project started in 2023. As-of April 2025 it is still under way.

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{{Infobox Bridge
|bridge_name= Castleton Bridge
|image= Castleton Bridge 20091020.jpg
|image_size=300px
|caption=
|official_name=
|also_known_as=Castleton-on-Hudson Bridge
|carries=4 lanes of {{jct|state=NY|NYBC}}
|crosses= [[Hudson River]]
|locale= [[Castleton-on-Hudson, New York]]
|maint= [[New York State Thruway Authority|NYSTA]]
|id=
|design= [[Cantilever bridge|Cantilever]]
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|below= {{convert|135|ft|m}}
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|open= {{start date and age|1959|5|26}}
|closed=
|toll= $1.05 (both directions)
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|coordinates= {{coord|42.5099|N|73.775|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline,title|name=Castleton Bridge}}

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The '''Castleton Bridge''' is a [[cantilever truss]] bridge over the [[Hudson River]], connecting [[Coeymans, New York|Coeymans]], [[Albany County, New York|Albany County]] with [[Schodack, New York|Schodack]], [[Rensselaer County, New York|Rensselaer County]] in [[New York (state)|New York]]. It carries the [[Berkshire Connector]] of the [[New York State Thruway]]. This bridge is also sometimes called the '''Castleton-on-Hudson Bridge''' and is situated in close proximity to the [[Alfred H. Smith Memorial Bridge]], which is used by rail traffic.

The Castleton Bridge is located on the longest section of the New York State Thruway that does not have an [[Interstate Highway]] designation, between exits 21A ([[Interstate 87 (New York)|I-87]]) and B1 ([[I-90]]). There is a $0.62 toll each way to cross this bridge. It is not collected at a separate toll barrier, but is rather collected as part of the Thruway's [[Ticket system|closed toll system]]. It costs at least $1.05 to cross ($1.00 with an [[E-ZPass]] discount), by traveling between exits 22 and B1 on the Thruway. It is the northernmost road bridge on the Hudson River with a toll and is the only bridge with a toll in both directions (collected as part of the Thruway's existing ticketed toll system); every road bridge south of this has an eastbound-only toll.
<gallery mode="packed-hover" caption="Photos of the bridge" heights="150">
File:2014-08-28 14 21 13 View west crossing the Castleton Bridge over the Hudson River.JPG|The view on the bridge
File:Castleton Bridge from afar.jpg|The view from about {{frac|1|2}} a mile away
</gallery>

==History==
The bridge was built in the late 1950s, and opened May 26, 1959 to coincide with the opening of the final 6-mile segment of the New York State Thruway's Berkshire Section connecting to the [[Massachusetts Turnpike]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Thruway Fact Book: Part 2 |publisher=[[New York State Thruway Authority]] |url=http://www.nysthruway.gov/about/factbook/part2.html#OfficialThruway |access-date=2010-02-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304152412/http://www.nysthruway.gov/about/factbook/part2.html#OfficialThruway |archive-date=2010-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

L-Tech Coatings completed updates as painting contractor for BBL Construction in two seasons in 1985 and 1986.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cdtcmpo.org/linkage/hudson/final.pdf |title=Hudson River Crossing Study - Final Report |date=February 13, 2008 |pages=20–23 |access-date=2010-02-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719082831/http://www.cdtcmpo.org/linkage/hudson/final.pdf |archive-date=July 19, 2011 }}</ref>

In May 2007, the bridge carried 14,500 vehicles per day. [[New York State Department of Transportation|NYSDOT]], [[Federal Highway Administration|FHWA]] and [[New York State Thruway Authority|NYSTA]] have discussed potential strategies to divert peak hour traffic traveling along [[Interstate 90 (New York)#Albany and Rensselaer counties|Interstate 90]] between exit 24 and exit B1 to the Castleton Bridge to reduce traffic volumes on the [[Patroon Island Bridge]] in [[Albany, New York|Albany]].

In 2023, a $47.6 million project was started on the Castleton Bridge which included the deck replacement of the westbound travel lanes, repairs to the deck on the eastbound travel lanes, replacement of the center median and bridge steel repairs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Governor Hochul Announces Start of $38.2 Million Project to Complete Thruway’s Restoration of the Historic Castleton-on-Hudson Bridge Over Hudson River in Albany and Rensselaer Counties |url=https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-announces-start-382-million-project-complete-thruways-restoration-historic#:~:text=In%202023%2C%20a%20%2447.6%20million,median%20and%20bridge%20steel%20repairs |publisher=New York State |access-date=22 October 2024}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of fixed crossings of the Hudson River]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline|Castleton Bridge}}
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|place = [[Hudson River]]
|bridge = Castleton Bridge
|bridge signs = [[Image:NYS Thruway Sign.svg|20px]]
|upstream = [[Dunn Memorial Bridge]]
|upstream signs = [[Image:US 9.svg|20px]] [[Image:US 20.svg|20px]]
|downstream = [[Alfred H. Smith Memorial Bridge]]
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{{New York State Thruway Authority}}
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[[Category:Bridges over the Hudson River]]
[[Category:Toll bridges in New York (state)]]
[[Category:New York State Thruway Authority]]
[[Category:Bridges completed in 1959]]
[[Category:Road bridges in New York (state)]]
[[Category:Cantilever bridges in the United States]]

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Castleton Bridge - Revision history

192.154.113.158: /* History */ The project started in 2023. As-of April 2025 it is still under way.