Bridge
Jan-Sept 2015
%
Jan-Sept 2014
%
+/-
% Change
Rip Van Winkle
4,226,686
9.43%
4,095,760
9.33%
130,926
3.20%
Kingston-Rhinecliff
5,866,544
13.09%
5,754,750
13.11%
111,794
1.94%
Mid-Hudson
10,570,998
23.59%
10,274,750
23.41%
294,650
2.87%
Newburgh-Beacon
18,645,940
41.62%
18,554,486
42.27%
91,455
0.49%
Bear Mountain
5,493,716
12.26%
5,213,420
11.88%
280,296
5.38%
Bridge
September 2015
%
September 2014
%
=/-
%
Rip Van Winkle
505,196
9.59%
496,344
9.66%
8,852
1.78%
Kingston-Rhinecliff
681,036
12.93%
670,590
13.05%
10,446
1.56%
Mid-Hudson
1,259,516
23.91%
1,215,012
23.64%
44,504
3.66%
Newburgh-Beacon
2,145,476
40.72%
2,126,614
41.38%
18,862
0.89%
Bear Mountain
676,994
12.85%
631,152
12.28%
45,842
7.26%
HIGHLAND – Traffic and revenue on all five of the bridges operated by the New York State Bridge Authority were up in September of the year. The two percent increase can be attributed to, perhaps among other factors, the lower price of gas.
The Bear Mountain Bridge experienced the greatest increases with a 7.9 percent increase in revenue and 7.3 percent increase in traffic.
The Mid-Hudson Bridge can in second with 4.4 percent more traffic in
September while revenue rose over 3.6 percent.
Revenue was up on the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge by 2.1 percent while traffic rose by just under 1.6 percent.
The Rip Van Winkle Bridge saw revenue increase by more than 1.8 percent and traffic rise by close to 1.8 percent.
The Newburgh-Beacon Bridge, with by far the most traffic of all the bridges, saw
less than nine-tenths of one percent growth in traffic and revenue.
