John T. Loughran Bridge

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John T. Loughran Bridge
Bridge seen from Broadway in Kingston
Carries	Four lanes of US 9W
Crosses	Rondout Creek
Locale	Kingston-Port Ewen, New York
Maintained by	New York State Department of Transportation
ID number	000000001069749
Design	Steel continuous truss
Longest span	973 feet (295 m)^[1]
Width	22 m (73 ft)^[1]
Load limit	75.5 tons (68.6 tonnes)^[1]
Clearance below	56 feet (17 m)^[1]
AADT	15056^[1]
Beginning date of construction	1977
Completion date	1979
Opening date	1979

Coordinates	41°55′06″N, 73°58′51″W

The John T. Loughran Bridge carries US 9W over Rondout Creek between Kingston and Port Ewen, New York, USA. It also crosses over Ferry Street on the Kingston side. It is located just downriver from the historic Kingston-Port Ewen Suspension Bridge, which carried 9W until the Loughran Bridge was constructed. It is just upriver from where the Rondout empties into the Hudson River.

It is a continuous truss bridge with four spans, totalling 973 feet (295 m) in length. In 1979, upon its opening, it was dedicated and named for John T. Loughran, a Kingston native whose judicial career was capped by his service as chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals, the state's highest judicial position, from 1945 until his death in 1953.

Its construction required the demolition of a few blocks of the West Strand neighborhood on the north side. This rallied preservationists to get the decaying area, once Kingston's waterfront in the days of the Delaware and Hudson Canal, designated a historic district. It was later listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Today many of the buildings have been renovated and the area is a popular destination for visitors to the city.