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Earlier in the Pict Mission, you saw snaps of the construction on the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge; Now, here are the results of all that work. These are snaps of the eastern two-thirds of the bridge. Basically, it's all new, deck, lights and railing. Not that the old deck, lights or railing were that bad-The bridge reconstruction is a "capital improvement project" meaning it was not an overbearing necessity.

Signs Again....

More local signs. On the left the New York College Sign. I've only seen this in NY, but think it's a good idea-It sort of copies the School sign, and the Guy in the mortarboard and gown pretty well gives you the idea. Usually the arrow plates are MUTCD standard, but since this is a Dutchess County sign, maybe the boys at the DC sign shop got lazy :) The Center and Right signs are two approaches to the same problem: You can't see that far ahead because of a rise in the road or a curve or whatever. These signs warn you of that fact. The center sign is the most common, used by most NY govt agencies; the right sign is a town sign from a town in Putnam County.

Okay. It's nice to warn us of possible delays, but "Alternate Routes?", that's a bit of a laugh. The nearest alternates are the Mid-Hudson Bridge: 20 miles to the south, or the Rip Van Winkle Bridge 20 miles to the north-kind of a jog for an "alternate route".... Both the "alternates", incidentally are undergoing painting/minor construction(at this writing) and are also subject to delays. In point of fact, I've never encountered a delay of more than 20 minutes on the Rhinecliff bridge-which is reasonable, considering.

Two signs on the westbound Mid Hudson approach road. One day I'll see if I can hang out and take snaps of the NYSBA HQ. Incidentally, ALL the bridges except the Newburgh bridge have a "Do Not Stop" sign at the toll plaza-but the one at the Mid Hudson is the biggest and most photogenic.

A nice snap of a gantry sign on NY 300 approaching IH 84 from the south. I like how they use both sides of the gantry-even though the crossmember is triangular, and you'd think they'd only be able to use one side. There are very few box gantries in this part of NY-the only one I can think of supports a Variable Message Sign(VMS) on the Southbound Northway south of exit 8.