Shoring up support
Two men work from a boom lift on Monday under the Dunn Memorial Bridge in Albany. The Department of Transportation is performing rehabilitation work on the bridge’s support structures to handle overweight loads. The bridge, which connects Albany and Rensselaer, has seen two upgrades since it first straddled the Hudson River in 1882. Once known as the Albany-greenbush Bridge, it was preceded by two expansive revisions, each named after Albany World War I Medal of Honor recipient Pfc. Parker F. Dunn. The earlier structures featured movable center sections to allow large ships to pass — similar to the Livingston Avenue and Green Island bridges. The original span served the public from 1882 to 1933.