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Bridge in both in New York, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Troy–Waterford Bridge carries U.S. Route 4 across the Hudson River in New York connecting Waterford with Troy. The bridge is two lanes wide, with sidewalks on both sides. The bridge serves as a replacement for the 1804-built Union Bridge, which burned on July 10, 1909.[3]
Troy–Waterford Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 42°47′19.32″N 73°40′25.92″W |
Carries | US 4 |
Crosses | Hudson River |
Locale | Waterford, Saratoga County and Troy, Rennsselaer County, both in New York, United States |
Characteristics | |
Design | Truss bridge |
Total length | 742.8 feet (226.4 m)[1] |
Longest span | 193.9 feet (59.1 m)[1] |
Clearance above | 15.4 feet (4.7 m)[2] |
History | |
Opened | 1909[1] |
Statistics | |
Daily traffic | 12,435 (2007)[2] |
Location | |
The Waterford Bridges, which include the current bridge and the original 1804 bridge, were designated as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 2013.[4][5]
The Troy–Waterford Bridge uses the same piers as the original 1804 bridge,[6] and if that bridge is counted, it was the first bridge across the Hudson River south of the Adirondacks. At first it carried pedestrians and horse drawn vehicles, but a railroad track was added to it when the locomotive was invented. The current bridge has no railroad tracks.
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