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Ferry Street Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Double-barreled pony truss bridge over CSX Railroad on Ferry Street in Hudson
- Location
- Hudson, Columbia County, New York
- Status
- Intact but closed to all traffic
- History
- Built 1905 with parts from old Albany Freight bridge; rehabilitated 1955; closed to traffic Oct. 2014
- Railroads
- - Amtrak (AMTK)
- CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Conrail (CR)
- New York Central Railroad (NYC)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Design
- Double-intersection Warren pony truss with three truss webs (double-barreled)
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 68.9 ft.
Total length: 70.9 ft.
Deck width: 17.4 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.25498, -73.79771 (decimal degrees)
42°15'18" N, 73°47'52" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/599172/4678787 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Hudson North
- Average daily traffic (as of 2013)
- 638
- Inventory numbers
- NY 2223000 (New York State bridge identification number)
BH 25887 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of August 2018)
- Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 26.8 (out of 100)
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Update Log
- March 8, 2021: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
- July 23, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- February 15, 2018: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
- October 19, 2014: Updated by James Baughn: Bridge is now closed to traffic
Sources
- James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
- Dana and Kay Klein
- Geoff Hubbs
- Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com
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https://www.hudsonvalley360.com/article/engineers-present-fe...
Appears there may be some interest in preserving the trusses for a decorative feature along the bridge. Based on the design, I believe the trusses may actually date to the mid 1880s, and be relocated from another location.