Thaddeus Kosciusko Bridge
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| Carries | 6 lanes (3 on NB bridge & 3 on SB bridge) of  I-87 |
| Crosses | Mohawk River |
| Locale | Halfmoon and Colonie, New York |
| Other name(s) | The Twin Bridges |
| Maintained by | New York State Department of Transportation |
| ID number | 4033181, 4033182 |
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| Design | Twin through arch bridges |
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| Opened | 1959 |
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| Daily traffic | 115,000 vehicles (average weekday) |
The Thaddeus Kosciusko Bridge, commonly referred to as the Twin Bridges, or just "The Twins", located in the United States, is a pair of identical through arch bridges, made of steel, which span the Mohawk River between the towns of Colonie, Albany County and Halfmoon, Saratoga County, in New York's Capital District. Each span carries three northbound and southbound lanes of Interstate 87 between exits 7 and 8. The toll-free bridge opened in 1959 as part of the Adirondack Northway, a 176-mile highway linking Albany and the Canada-United States border at Champlain. The Interstate 87 section of the highway was formally inaugurated by Governor Nelson Rockefeller on May 26, 1961.[1]
The bridge is named (using an anglicized form) in honor of Tadeusz Kościuszko (1746–1817), the preeminent national figure in Poland's fight for independence. Kościuszko arrived in Colonial America a month after the July 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence and remained a notable military leader throughout the Revolutionary War, attaining the rank of general as well as honorary American citizenship. He returned to Poland in July 1784.
The decks on both sides of the bridge were replaced in the spring of 2013.[2]
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Crossings of the Mohawk River
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