DESCRIPTION: The project provided for a channel 600 feet wide, New York City to Kingston, thence 400 feet wide to 2,200 feet wide south of the Mall (Dunn) Bridge at Albany with turning basin at Albany and anchorages near Hudson and Stuyvesant, all with depths of 32 feet in soft material and 34 feet in rock; thence 27 feet deep and 400 feet wide, 900 feet south of the Mall (Dunn) Bridge; thence 14 feet deep and generally 400 feet wide to the Federal Lock at Troy; and thence 14 feet deep, 200 feet wide, to the southern limit of the State Barge Canal at Waterford; with widening at bends and widening in front of the cities of Troy and Albany to form harbors 12 feet deep. Length (NYC to Waterford) – about 155 miles. The project included removal of the State Dam at Troy and construction of a new lock and dam at Troy about 2.5 miles below Waterford. The project construction is complete.
AUTHORIZATION: Adopted 1910 to 1930, modified 1934, 1935, 1938 and 1954.
BACKGROUND: During FY2022, maintenance dredging was performed in the navigation channel near the area of the Port of Coeymans (Reach 17-19, River Mile 132); removing approx. 57,000 CY of shoaling, with upland placement in the federally owned Houghtaling Island Placement Site. Existing environmental restrictions require all in-water work to be completed between September 1st and November 30th.
STATUS FY2023 will be used to perform Project Condition Surveys on the high commercial use Hudson River Federal Navigation channel to report channel conditions to the USCG, NOAA, Pilots Assn. and waterway users. FY2023 funds will also be used for necessary Houghtaling Island Placement Site maintenance and repairs.
CONTACT:
Devon Hinds
Engineering Technician
P: (518) 273-0870
Email: devon.hinds@usace.army.mil
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District
Albany Field Office
1 Bond Street
Troy, NY 12180
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS: NY-19 and NY-20