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Shaw Bridge

Columbia County, New York

Photos 

North Portal, Looking South-Southwest

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #155000

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Abandoned bowstring pony truss bridge over Claverack Creek on Van Wyck Lane
Location
Columbia County, New York
Status
Abandoned
History
Built 1870 by J.D. Hutchinson
Builder
- J.D. Hutchinson of Troy, New York
Design
Two-span cast- and wrought-iron bowstring pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 80.1 ft.
Total length: 164.1 ft.
Deck width: 10.5 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on April 17, 1980
Also called
Double-Span Whipple Bowstring Truss Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.21508, -73.72873   (decimal degrees)
42°12'54" N, 73°43'43" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/604928/4674438 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Claverack
Inventory numbers
NRHP 80002598 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
NY 3222250 (New York State bridge identification number)
BH 44097 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 04/1991)
Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 16.2 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1991)
120

Categories 

19th Century (6,154)
Abandoned (3,010)
Bowstring pony truss (195)
Bowstring truss (379)
Built 1870 (113)
Built during 1870s (891)
Cast iron (63)
Columbia County, New York (29)
HAER documented (1,096)
J.D. Hutchinson (1)
 NR-listed (2,841)
New York (3,154)
Owned by county (18,804)
Pony truss (15,022)
Span length 75-100 feet (5,763)
Structurally deficient (18,357)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,216)
Truss (29,373)
Wrought Iron (365)

Update Log 

  • April 3, 2016: New photo from Art Suckewer
  • April 9, 2012: Photo imported by James Baughn
  • February 12, 2010: Added by James Baughn

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Shaw Bridge
Posted June 17, 2014, by ArtS (asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com)

Well, progress is being made; slowly:

http://www.registerstar.com/news/article_7d0f68bc-f5d2-11e3-...

Shaw Bridge
Posted April 9, 2012, by Nathan Holth

I am passing on this message I got from Preservation League of NYS & NYS Council on the Arts (Preserve New York, Grant Program):

Please help preserve the historic Shaw bridge in Claverack by signing the following petition (and, when you get a chance, writing comments and spreading the word).

http://www.change.org/petitions/help-preserve-the-landmark-s...

It is very important that we show support for this renowned American civil engineering landmark and begin its restoration.