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Main Building at the hospital were never realized. The Oliver Avenue Bridge (then called Summit Avenue) was built by the Havana Bridge Company, Elmira, NY (the company still survives under a different name). The signs on the top of the bridge read: "1895/Havana Bridge Company/Rockwell Construction Company [builders of the trolley line]/W.B. Rockwell, manager/C.H. Smith, engineer." In 1982, the city announced plans to remove the bridge after trains switched to the Graham Line in 1983, allowing cars to cross at grade. This move was opposed by historians and preservationists. This unfortunately led to a conflict rather than trying to work things out. An historical marker was erected on the Lake Avenue side of the bridge in October, 1983. In August, 1984, the bridge was placed on the National Register of Historic Places..
At this time (1988) the fate of the bridge is uncertain. One possible solution mentioned would be to disassemble the bridge, move it to another site (Davidge Park has been suggested) where it would be put back together and thus preserved.
The northern end of the trolley line was begun in September, 1894. This went up North Street, turning onto Highland Avenue Extension, up Electric Avenue (named for the trolley line) until turning onto Commonwealth, and then up Rhode Island Avenue until it reached what is now 17M. It was completed to this point in July, 1895. The Middletown-Bloomingburgh Railway Company had been incorporated in April 1895 to build a line to Bloomingburgh, but this was never done. A portion of this north end extension was ripped up in two years, and the track used to build an extension to the fairgrounds.
With the completion of the line to the State Hospital in December, 1895, the road was complete. The line had four branches, these being the north end line which included the James Street loop, the State Hospital line, the Academy Avenue line, and the line to Goshen.
The north end line went from Franklin Square, up North Street to Wickham, onto Low, then back onto North out to Highland Avenue Extension and Electric Avenue as previously described. There was also a loop that went from North to Depot to James to West Main to the Square. There was a short spur which went down Canal Street to serve the condensed milk plant (refer to the industry section, chapter 7).
The State Hospital line was previously described. The Academy Avenue line went from the Square down East Main, then onto Academy until the edge of Genung Street. The Goshen line branched off the Academy line at Benton, onto Sprague, under the railroad bridges, then onto Railroad Avenue, turn East Main Street. As noted before, the line turned off East Main, went along Masonic Creek, crossed Golf Links Road, crossed the Wallkill into Midway Park. From there it continued on its private right-of-way. Crossed Owens Road (where traces of the