Troy–Waterford Bridge

Troy–Waterford Bridge
Troy–Waterford Bridge in October 2009
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 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]

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.

See also

• Transport portal
• Engineering portal
• New York (state) portal
• List of fixed crossings of the Hudson River

References

1. Troy-Waterford Bridge at Structurae
2. Troy-Waterford Bridge on BridgeHunter
3. "Troy Union Bridge Burned" (PDF). The New York Times. July 11, 1909. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
4. Williams, Stephen (September 4, 2013). "Waterford bridge to get landmark designation". The Daily Gazette. Schenectady, New York. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
5. "Waterford Bridges Historical Marker". The Historical Marker Database. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
6. https://dailygazette.com/2013/09/04/waterford-bridge-get-landmark-designation/