Troy, New York

In 1978, the Collar City Bridge was one of the last big Urban Removal projects in Capital Region, ramming it's way through downtown Troy, leaving it's noisy and smelly mark on an area just north of the downtown.

Those cloverleafs take up a lot of space.

Built in 1982 to replace the previous bridge that collapsed in 1977 during spring flooding. Click on the blue dot to bring up the full bridge record. 

Troy, NY 1873. From the City Directory. Downloaded from the Library of Congress 

Explore Troy over the past 25 years in a series of state-aerial photos.

Starbuck Island some 65 years apart. Drag between the aerials.

Above is an interactive photo of the Hudson Valley Community College. The view on the left is from the late 2010s, while the view on the right is as it looked in mid-1990s. By clicking on the layers button in the upper right hand corner, you can load contemporary images or scroll to anywhere else in the state. Uses the WMS-feed from NYS GIS.