LEDs to illuminate downtown Schenectady rail bridges

Schenectady Hardware and Electric will install light-emitting diodes on three downtown rail bridges under a $235,211 contract awarded by the Schenectady County Metroplex Development Authority. LEDs will illuminate pedestrian areas underneath three downtown railway bridges to improve safety. Rail bridges between Broadway and Erie Boulevard and at Green and Front Streets will be illuminated, as will the bridge across State Street. On the State Street Bridge, the LEDs will also provide decorative lighting to the railroad bridge's exterior structure, and are "tunable" to emit a variety of colors, such as red during the Christmas season, said Metroplex Chairman Ray Gillen.