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Delaware Avenue Trail - Black Bridge

Albany County, New York
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Black Bridge

Photo taken by Z Fechten in September 2013

License: Public domain: Released by author

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Overview
Lattice through truss bridge over Mohawk River on former Delaware & Hudson Railroad
Location
Cohoes, Albany County, New York
Status
Open to pedestrians
History
Built ca. 1890
Design
Quadrangular lattice through truss
Also called
D&H - Black Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.76078, -73.68767   (decimal degrees)
42°45'39" N, 73°41'16" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/607380/4735085 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Troy North
Inventory number
BH 51190 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (4,240)
Albany County, New York (36)
Built during 1890s (1,662)
Cohoes, New York (5)
Delaware & Hudson Railway (39)
Lattice through truss (312)
Lattice truss (344)
 New York (1,915)
Open to pedestrians (2,293)
Quadrangular lattice through truss (88)
Railroad (6,553)
TRUSS Award 2012 (15)
Through truss (10,026)
Truss (24,729)

Update Log 

  • April 1, 2014: New photo from Z Fechten
  • January 20, 2014: Updated by Luke Harden: Conversion to trail complete.
  • January 28, 2013: Photo imported by Luke Harden
  • January 27, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Railroad", "Delaware & Hudson Railway"
  • February 4, 2012: Added by James Baughn

Sources 

  • Flickr - Side view
  • Flickr - Underside view
  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com

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