HIGHLAND – Revenues grew by three-quarters of one percent while traffic increased by one-third of a percent on the five bridges operated by the New York State Bridge Authority.
Percentage-wise the Rip Van Winkle Bridge continued to experience the largest revenue and traffic growth at 2.72 percent and 2.70 percent respectively, the Bear Mountain Bridge fell by 2.5 percent in revenue and by 1.74 percent in traffic.
Mid-Hudson Bridge revenue rose by 1.87 percent while traffic increased by 1.08 percent.
Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge revenue rose by 1.56 percent while traffic increased by 0.83 percent.
The Newburgh-Beacon Bridge saw a drop of 0.37 percent in revenue and a decline in traffic of 0.18 percent.
In total, all five bridges carried just under 4.7 million vehicles with revenues of $4.3 million.
TRAFFIC
2015
%
2014
%
+ (-)
%
Rip Van Winkle
438,230
9.34
426,696
9.12
11,534
2.70
Kingston-Rhinecliff
614,386
13.09
609,324
13.03
5,062
0.83
Mid-Hudson
1,150,228
24.51
1,137,950
24.33
12,278
1.08
Newburgh-Beacon
1,952,262
41.60
1,955,850
41.82
(3,588)
-0.18
Bear Mountain
537,868
11.46
547,402
11.70
(9,534)
-1.74
REVENUE
2015
%
2014
%
+ (-)
%
Rip Van Winkle
$348,264
8.16
$339,045
8.00
$9,219
2.72
Kingston-Rhinecliff
$448,174
10..50
$441,280
10.42
$6,894
1.56
Mid-Hudson
$830,943
19.48
$815,724
19.26
$15,219
1.87
Newburgh-Beacon
$2,263,709
53.06
$2,255,393
53.24
$8,316
0.37
Bear Mountain
$375,360
8.80
$384,992
9.09
($9,632)
-2.50
