Just east of the Lyon Street Bridge, contractors on Albany’s Waterfront Project this week began building a new access to the Dave Clark Path.
This is one of the new connections between Water Avenue and the riverfront path that replace crossings over the railroad track that were closed early in 2024.
There’s a difference of about 5 or 6 feet between the elevations of the path and the railroad track at this point. So this “connector trail,” as the design calls it, includes a set of steps…