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Mohawk-Hudson Bikeway - Shakers Creek Bridge

Albany County, New York

Photo 

IMG_8363 | by Russ Nelson

Photo by Russ Nelson

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

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Map 

Facts 

Overview
Double-intersection Warren deck truss bridge over Shakers Creek on Mohawk Hudson Bikeway
Location
Colonie, Albany County, New York
Status
Open to pedestrians only
Railroad
- New York Central Railroad (NYC)
Design
Double-intersection Warren deck truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.77914, -73.79163   (decimal degrees)
42°46'45" N, 73°47'30" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/598844/4736997 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Niskayuna
Inventory number
BH 68320 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Albany County, New York (104)
Colonie, New York (1)
Deck truss (1,749)
Double-intersection Warren deck truss (88)
Double-intersection Warren truss (458)
New York (4,447)
New York Central Railroad (892)
 Open to pedestrians (4,257)
Owned by state (16,063)
Rail-to-trail (1,566)
Railroad (15,613)
Riveted (2,186)
Truss (32,997)

Update Log 

  • July 5, 2015: Added by Ian Martin

Sources 

  • Ian Martin
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Mohawk-Hudson Bikeway - Shakers Creek Bridge
Posted March 20, 2021, by John Marvig (marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com)

It is known that Thomas Leighton (Leighton Bridge & Iron Works) had built at least 143 bridges for the New York Central Railroad by the end of 1874; and built dozens, if not hundreds more for NYC by the time he retired in 1881. I suspect this may be one, especially seeing how the extra truss lines were added. Unfortunately, this will be difficult to confirm.