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CP - Cohoes Falls Bridge

Albany County, New York, and Saratoga County, New York

Photos 

Photo taken by Doug Kerr

License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

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BH Photo #247657

Map 

Street Views 

Facts 

Overview
Lattice deck truss bridge over Mohawk River on Canadian Pacific Railway
Location
Waterford, Albany County, New York, and Saratoga County, New York
Status
Open to traffic
History
Warren Spans built 1927
Railroads
- Canadian Pacific Railway (CP)
- Delaware & Hudson Railway (DH)
Design
Lattice deck truss
Dimensions
Total length: 1,050.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.77887, -73.69779   (decimal degrees)
42°46'44" N, 73°41'52" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/606521/4737080 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Troy North
Inventory number
BH 55350 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Albany County, New York (112)
Built 1927 (908)
Built during 1920s (10,399)
Canadian Pacific Railway (584)
Cohoes, New York (9)
Deck girder (6,527)
Deck truss (2,021)
Delaware & Hudson Railway (143)
Girder (11,551)
Have street view (30,147)
Lattice deck truss (35)
Lattice truss (822)
Mohawk River (61)
 New York (5,170)
Open (41,354)
Owned by railroad (13,989)
Plate girder (9,068)
Railroad (16,926)
Riveted (2,748)
Saratoga County, New York (102)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (2,045)
Truss (37,746)
Warren deck truss (686)
Warren truss (7,161)
Waterford, New York (15)

Update Log 

  • April 8, 2022: New photos from Josh Schmid
  • January 28, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • March 6, 2019: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
  • August 14, 2016: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
  • May 9, 2014: New Street View added by Luke Harden
  • January 28, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added build date for active spans
  • January 27, 2013: Added by Luke Harden

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