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Cohoes-Waterford Bridge

Albany County, New York, and Saratoga County, New York

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Saratoga Ave Bridge

Photo taken by Z Fechten in October 2012

License: Public domain: Released by author

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BH Photo #281104

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Overview
Concrete arch bridge over Mohawk River on NY 32
Location
Cohoes, Albany County, New York, and Saratoga County, New York
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
Future prospects
Being replaced with a girder bridge. https://www.dot.ny.gov/route32mohawkriver

Construction started in 2016, planned completion 11/30/2017. https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-st...

History
Built 1933
Builder
- Bates & Rogers Construction Co. of Chicago, Illinois
Design
Arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 107.9 ft.
Total length: 690.0 ft.
Deck width: 39.7 ft.
Also called
Saratoga Ave. Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.77806, -73.69667   (decimal degrees)
42°46'41" N, 73°41'48" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/606614/4736992 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Troy North
Average daily traffic (as of 2018)
15,485
Inventory numbers
NY 1022500 (New York State bridge identification number)
BH 25730 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of August 2018)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Excellent (9 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Excellent (9 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 69.8 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Albany County, New York (93)
Arch (11,948)
Bates & Rogers Construction Co. (16)
Built 1932 (946)
Built during 1930s (11,565)
Cohoes, New York (9)
Deck arch (11,191)
Doomed (1,093)
Have street view (26,497)
Lost (24,100)
Lost 2017 (242)
 Lost during 2010s (3,130)
Mohawk River (43)
NY 32 (9)
New York (4,160)
Owned by state (15,759)
Replaced by new bridge (16,083)
Saratoga County, New York (93)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,362)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,836)
Waterford, New York (15)

Update Log 

  • June 16, 2020: Updated by Luke: Corrected builder to pre-existing category
  • April 5, 2020: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
  • January 9, 2018: Updated by Z Fechten: Bridge has been replaced
  • December 28, 2016: Updated by Z Fechten: Bridge is being replaced
  • July 25, 2016: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
  • February 25, 2016: Updated by Z Fechten: Construction of replacement announced 2/24/16
  • January 20, 2014: Updated by CANALLER: Added Info & Photo.

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Cohoes-Waterford Bridge
Posted July 27, 2017, by Lori (moose12188 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

I'm curious to know why the corner lot (where the base of a factory still is) is not part of the bridge project. Why isn't there is a lane (going north) from 787 through that lot onto the bridge?