Photos: Bridge over Normanskill now open
The Enterprise — Marcello Iaia
Grant Hill Road: Each weilding a pair of scissors on Oct. 22, politicians cut taught lengths of tape to signal the completion of a bridge project in Guilderland. Holding pink strips in their hands, from left, are Herbert Reilly, an Albany County legislator; Allen Maikels and Brian Forte, both Guilderland town councilmen; Daniel McCoy, county executive; Mary Lou B. Connolly, a county legislator; John J. Robson, vice president for Foit Albert Associates; and Paul Pastore, a Guilderland town councilman. “Grant Hill is one of the favorite loops in this area for training,” Maikels, a runner, told a small gathering, as the bridge now has a wider and smoother surface.
The Enterprise — Marcello Iaia
Now passable, the Grant Hill Road bridge over the Normanskill Creek was replaced in a $1.9 million project, mostly funded from federal sources, county Executive Daniel McCoy said; 15 percent was funded by the state, and 5 percent by the county. Wearing yellow vests and hard hats, some of the men responsible for designing and overseeing the project were on hand and behind media cameras for a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday. The bridge construction was done by Bette & Cring.