State completes $45M in Capital Region paving projects

ALBANY COUNTY — Pavement restoration projects in the Capital Region resurfaced and restriped 127.3 miles on 30 state highways in Albany, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Warren, and Washington counties.  

Work on the first of the projects began in 2019 and pavement restoration efforts continued throughout the 2020 construction season. All total, the projects represented a $45.3 million investment in Capital Region roads.

Paving in Albany County took place at the following locations:

— 1.8 miles of U.S. Route 9W in Glenmont in the town of Bethlehem between Feura Bush Road and the bridge over the Normans Kill;

— 1.9 miles of Wolf Road in the village and town of Colonie between Central Avenue and Albany Shaker Road;

— 4.5 miles of Interstate 787 between Exit 3B and Exit 7 in the city of Albany, the village of Menands and the town of Colonie;

— 2.2 miles of Carman Road (State Route 146) in the town of Guilderland between Western Avenue (U.S. Route 20) and Coons Road and Fuller Station Road;

— 4.8 miles of U.S. Route 9 in the city of Albany and town of Colonie between Northern Boulevard and Kunker Avenue;

— 1.0 mile of State Route 85 in the town of New Scotland between the western intersection of State Route 85A in New Salem and State Route 157;

— 3.8 miles of State Route 32 in the towns of Westerlo and Coeymans between State Route 143 and County Route 406;

— 3.1 miles of State Route 397 in the village of Altamont and the town of Guilderland between Lincoln Avenue and U.S. Route 20; and

— 3.7 miles of State Route 157A (Warners Lake Road) in the towns of Knox and Berne between State Route 157 and the southern intersection with Thatcher Park Road.

 

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