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Green Island Bridge (1981)

Albany County, New York, and Rensselaer County, New York

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Photo taken by Howard C. Ohlhous

License: Public domain: Released by author

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Overview
Steel stringer lift bridge over Hudson River on Bridge Avenue
Location
Green Island, Albany County, New York, and Rensselaer County, New York
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1981 after collapse of old Green Island Bridge
Design
Steel stringer
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 199.8 ft.
Total length: 630.0 ft.
Deck width: 56.1 ft.
Also called
Troy-Green Island Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.73538, -73.68963   (decimal degrees)
42°44'07" N, 73°41'23" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/607263/4732262 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Troy South
Inventory number
BH 60964 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Albany County, New York (104)
Beam (15,619)
Built 1981 (56)
Built during 1980s (702)
Green Island, New York (10)
Have street view (26,813)
Hudson River (59)
Modern (2,421)
Movable (2,958)
Navigable waterway (2,146)
 New York (4,370)
Open (39,796)
Owned by state (15,916)
Rensselaer County, New York (119)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,987)
Steel stringer (6,183)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,864)
Troy, New York (25)
Vertical lift (425)

Update Log 

  • January 8, 2021: New photos from Josh Schmid
  • January 2, 2021: New photos from Josh Schmid
  • April 13, 2018: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
  • February 15, 2018: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
  • October 5, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • May 14, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • May 13, 2014: Added by Luke Harden

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