[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Pages 25781-25782]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             OPENING OF THE JAMES A. FARLEY MEMORIAL BRIDGE

  (Mr. HALL of New York asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. HALL of New York. Mr. Speaker, earlier this week I attended the 
opening of the James A. Farley Bridge in Stony Point, New York. Eight 
months ago, that bridge was 80 years old and structurally deficient, 
one of 13 deficient bridges on the list issued by DOT after the I-35 
bridge collapse in Minnesota.

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  This Monday, just yesterday, thanks to the hard work of so many, we 
celebrated the early opening of its replacement. This project is more 
than just a bridge; it is an investment in our community, in our 
country and in our future. It created jobs that cannot be outsourced, 
while strengthening the local communities.
  The new bridge will hold three lanes of traffic and sidewalks on 
either side, keep our communities connected, reduce congestion, and 
strengthen the Route 9W corridor, providing faster response times for 
local EMS and less noise for neighborhoods with reduced detoured 
traffic.
  We should celebrate the cooperation between Federal, State and local 
government officials, especially the supervisors, Howard Phillips and 
Phil Marino from Stony Point and Haverstraw, the two towns joined by 
the bridge. I would like to congratulate them and all the workers on a 
job well-done.

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