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  • Red Oaks Mill: Rt 376 Infrastructure Decay

    NYS DOT’s recent Rt 376 repaving projects improved the road surface, but the infractructure seems to be crumbling apace, as we spotted on a recent walk across the bridge over Wappinger Creek:

    Red Oaks Mill bridge - dangling concrete
    Red Oaks Mill bridge – dangling concrete

    The ragged edge of the deck shows other slivers have fallen into the creek.

    My arms aren’t long enough to get a closer view:

    Red Oaks Mill bridge - dangling concrete - detail
    Red Oaks Mill bridge – dangling concrete – detail

    The concrete roadway is developing potholes in the right hand southbound lane, so the upper surface has begun crumbling, too.

    I think the bridge dates to the mid-1990s, based on the aerial photo history from Dutchess GIS, so it’s a bit over twenty years old. Nothing lasts.

    Repairing stuff is hard …