Barna v. State

In August, 1934, State highway No. 1843 ran south through the village of Sehaghtieoke, Rensselaer County, and terminated at the northerly end of the Spook Hollow bridge which carried the highway traffic over the tracks of the Boston and Maine Railroad. State highway No. 477 began at the other end of the bridge and proceeded on south through Melrose to Troy. The bridge itself was constructed by the railroad some time prior to 1897 and is still maintained by it. State maintenance of the highways began at each end of the bridge, which was a steel structure 210 feet long with a plank roadway and…