Rating:
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Upper Keeseville Bridge

Essex County, New York, and Clinton County, New York

Photos 

General Oblique View, To Southwest From East, Showing Both Spans

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #155064

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Pin connected Pratt through truss bridge over AuSable River on River Street in Keeseville
Location
Keeseville, Essex County, New York, and Clinton County, New York
Status
Closed to all traffic
History
Built 1878 by Murray, Dougal & Co.; Closed 2008
Builder
- Murray, Dougal & Co. of Milton, Pennsylvania
Design
Two-span, pin-connected, 8-panel, wrought-iron through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 107.9 ft.
Total length: 217.9 ft.
Deck width: 15.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 11.6 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
Also called
River Street Bridge
Upper Bridge (short name)
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.50069, -73.48530   (decimal degrees)
44°30'02" N, 73°29'07" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/620413/4928601 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Keeseville
Average daily traffic (as of 2016)
56
Inventory numbers
NY 3302200 (New York State bridge identification number)
BH 26058 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of August 2018)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 19.9 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

19th Century (7,568)
ASCE Landmark (31)
Ausable River (23)
Built 1878 (87)
Built during 1870s (1,110)
Clinton County, New York (56)
Closed (2,665)
Essex County, New York (72)
HAER documented (1,106)
Have street view (26,947)
Historic Civil Engineering Landmark (46)
Keeseville, New York (3)
Murray, Dougal & Co. (3)
NR-listed (2,960)
 New York (4,402)
One-lane traffic (7,606)
Owned by county (20,783)
Painted green (156)
Pin-connected (3,901)
Pratt through truss (5,392)
Pratt truss (9,299)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,395)
Steel grate deck (450)
Structurally deficient (14,198)
Through truss (15,065)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,265)
Truss (32,788)
Wrought Iron (394)

Update Log 

  • November 10, 2019: New photos from Chester Gehman
  • April 12, 2017: New photos from Michael Quiet
  • August 20, 2016: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
  • April 27, 2015: New photos from Michael Quiet

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Comments 

Upper Keeseville Bridge
Posted November 11, 2019, by Art S. (asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com)

Likewise Chet!

Though I sometimes think I should have stuck with ephemera. :^)

Cheers,

Art S.

Upper Keeseville Bridge
Posted November 10, 2019, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Beautiful portals on this bridge. Hopefully they will someday decide to restore it.

Upper Keeseville Bridge
Posted November 10, 2019, by Chester Gehman (gehmanc2000 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Thanks, Art. And I enjoy the historical photos you manage to find and post of our favorite subject.

Chet

Upper Keeseville Bridge
Posted November 10, 2019, by Art S. (asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com)

Chester, Thank you for adding the pictures.

Sincerely,

Art S.