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Queensbury-Moreau Viaduct
Description
Bridge replaced a Lenticular truss bridge destroyed in the 1913 flood. From opening until 1961, bridge contained a spiral staircase leading down to an overlook for Cooper's Cave
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Open-spandrel arch bridge over Hudson River on Main/Glen Streets (US 9).
- Location
- Glens Falls, Saratoga County, New York, and Warren County, New York
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- Builders
- - Concrete-Steel Engineering Co. of New York, New York (Design)
- Prescott & Callannan of Albany, New York (Contractor)
- Design
- Reinforced concrete open-spandrel arch, Melan arches
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 126.0 ft.
Total length: 735.9 ft.
Deck width: 40.0 ft.
- Also called
- Cooper's Cave Bridge
Main Street Bridge
Glen Street Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +43.30623, -73.64142 (decimal degrees)
43°18'22" N, 73°38'29" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/610184/4795718 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Glens Falls
- Inventory number
- BH 74444 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- April 12, 2022: Updated by Luke: Fixed duplicated builders
- April 12, 2022: Updated by Tony Dillon: Merged and added info
- November 16, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- March 31, 2018: Updated by Josh Schmid: Added information
- January 2, 2017: New photos from Dave King
- November 24, 2016: Added by Dana and Kay Klein
- March 23, 2016: Updated by Luke: Arch type, contractors, and image
- March 22, 2016: Updated by Luke: Arch type and image
Same bridge as http://bridgehunter.com/ny/saratoga/1005680/