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In the summer of 2001, the New York State Bridge Authority installed necklace lighting on the Mid Hudson Bridge.  The Lighting System designed by Baker Engineering NY, Inc. utilizes innovative, energy efficient LED Lighting Fixtures.  Baker facilitated the development of these unique fixtures by combining the technologies of Magni-Flood Inc and Color Kinetics.  Baker's design also includes 2-3000 foot long messenger cables, over 1000 hangers supporting the

 
communication and power cables, power conditioning and distribution as well as lightening protection system.  One hundred forty-two LED lighting fixtures were installed on the bridge, totaling over 27,000 red, green and blue LEDs. The fixtures are manufactured by Magni-Flood and contain Color Kinetics patented LED-based digital lighting technology, Chromacore®.
Each fixture is powered by Color Kinetics patented Chromacore technology, which uses multi-colored LEDs and a microprocessor to create over 16.7 million colors and color changing lighting effects.
Custom light shows for the Mid Hudson Bridge are easily created on a PC using Color Kinetics® ColorPlay™ light show authoring software. The lighting designers have the ability to effortlessly change existing shows or create new ones to commemorate significant events, such as holidays and local celebrations.

Custom light shows are played back through Color Kinetics iPlayer® 2 light show storage and playback device, which can store up to eight custom light shows that can be chosen at the push of a button.
The iPlayer 2 play back device is located approximately one mile away from the bridge; data is sent to the lights through fiber optic cables. 

The messenger cable connecting the lights is 6,000 long.

1002 hangers support the cables providing power and communication to the light units.

The length of all cabling, including power and communications, totals 18,726 feet.

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