As scheduled, a contractor’s crew replaced the Periwinkle Creek crossing on the Union Pacific Railroad’s mainline in Albany on Sunday.
From what I could see from the Pine Street pedestrian crossing, where I happened to be on a bike ride about 4 p.m., the new bridge including railings had been installed by then. (There was no easy way to get close to the construction site, which is flanked by private property.)
The old timber bridge was being replaced with a concrete one resting on steel pilings. To accomplish this, the railroad did not operate trains on this portion of the line for 20 hours on Sunday. The temporary closure affected six Amtrak passenger trains as well a freights…