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Collar City Bridge

Coordinates	42°44′25″N 73°41′20″W / 42.740218°N 73.688884°W / 42.740218; -73.688884 (Collar City Bridge)
Carries	8 lanes of NY 7
Crosses	Hudson River
Locale	Colonie, Green Island and Troy, NY
Other name(s)	Hoosick Street Bridge
Maintained by	NYSDOT
ID number	1070869
Characteristics
Design	Girder bridge
History
Opened	1981
Location

The Collar City Bridge (also known as the Hoosick Street Bridge) carries NYS Route 7 (NY 7) across the Hudson River connecting Colonie, New York, with Troy, by way of passing over Green Island.

History

The bridge had been planned since the 1950s, but did not open to traffic until 1981 connecting Troy and Green Island to I-787. By the end of the decade, the NY 7 Freeway was completed with a connection to the bridge. The bridge's official name, a reference to the City of Troy's nickname, was selected by an elderly couple in nearby Berlin.^[1]