Alfred H. Smith Memorial Bridge
N 42° 30.585 W 073° 46.487
18T E 600656 N 4707102
Not to be confused with the Alfred E. Newman Memorial Bridge.
Waymark Code: WM7D78
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 10/08/2009
Views: 12
"The Alfred H. Smith Memorial Bridge is a railroad bridge spanning the Hudson River at Castleton-on-Hudson and Selkirk, New York in the United States.
The bridge is owned by CSX Transportation and was originally built for the New York Central Railroad, which was subsequently merged into the Penn Central and then Conrail before being acquired by CSX. The bridge forms part of the Castleton Subdivision of CSX.
The bridge is named in honor of Alfred H. Smith, the president of the New York Central Railroad who authorized the construction of this bridge as part of an extensive project known as the Castleton Cut-Off. He died in a horse-riding accident in Central Park in 1924, prior to the completion of the bridge in that same year. He is sometimes confused with Alfred E. Smith, New York's governor at the time." And possibly Alfred E. Newman...
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