Ravensdale Bridge Replacement Update: The NYSDOT has sent the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson interim progress drawings
Posted on: May 1, 2019 - 11:16pm
The DOT has sent the Village interim progress drawing sets for the Ravensdale Bridge Replacement. These include:
These drawings are NOT for construction and NOT final, but they are close to final. A few highlights:
- The design represented in these drawings reflects many Village concerns raised at several community meetings. All meetings, drawings and other relevant documents to date can be found here: https://www.hastingsgov.org/ravensdalebridgereplacement
- A temporary bridge is being erected to the south of the existing bridge, and this accounts for some of the tree removal.
- Replanting will occur, and the DOT’s landscape architect is just beginning their work. Drawings should be available at the end of May, and they have assured us they will share them with us.
- There was a Complete Streets evaluation as part of the design process, and the DOT will share that with us as well. The bridge is getting somewhat wider than it is currently to address some of the Complete Streets requirements, including wider sidewalks and shoulders. The lanes are currently dimensioned at 11’-0”, down from the standard 12’-0”, and it may be possible to reduce them further with striping: this is still in discussion.
- There is a shared paved bike path and walkway to the South County Trail, protected by a guardrail along Route 9A.
- The DOT has graciously agreed to incorporate the downtown streetlights into the Bridge lighting to more appropriately mark it as a Village gateway.
Please share this information with anyone you think might be interested.