STUYVESANT – State Route 9J in Columbia County has been reopened to traffic following restoration work. The road suffered major damage during a severe rainstorm in late July.

Restoration by the State Department of Transportation took less than four months. By using modular, prefabricated concrete blocks – known as superblocks – to stabilize and support the badly-damaged bridge that carries the road over Mill Creek.

State Route 9J was one of a number of roads damaged by the severe weather. 

Among those repaired and reopened are:

Columbia County:

  • State Route 23B in the Town of Greenport
  • State Route 22 in the Town of Hillsdale
  • State Route 295 in the Town of Chatham
  • U.S. 9 in the Town of Kinderhook
  • State Route 9H in the Town of Claverack

Greene County:

  • State Route 385 in the Town of Coxsackie


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