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112th Street Bridge

Albany County, New York, and Rensselaer County, New York

Photos 

Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923

BH Photo #352572

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Warren deck truss bascule bridge over Hudson River on 112th St/Ontario St/NY-470
Location
Cohoes, Albany County, New York, and Rensselaer County, New York
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1922 (NBI says 1924); Reconstructed 1963; Replaced 1996
Builders
- Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois
- Terry & Tench Construction Co. of New York City, New York
Design
Warren deck truss bascule
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 225.1 ft.
Total length: 803.2 ft.
Deck width: 26.9 ft.
Also called
Troy - Cohoes Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.77171, -73.68182   (decimal degrees)
42°46'18" N, 73°40'55" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/607840/4736306 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Troy North
Average daily traffic (as of 2016)
13,924
Inventory numbers
NY 4093220 (New York State bridge identification number)
BH 61358 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of September 2018)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 75.4 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Albany County, New York (104)
Arch (12,096)
Bascule (1,060)
Built 1922 (694)
Built during 1920s (9,922)
Cohoes, New York (9)
Deck arch (11,335)
Deck truss (1,731)
Hudson River (59)
Lost (24,716)
Lost 1996 (447)
Lost during 1990s (3,983)
Movable (2,969)
Navigable waterway (2,152)
 New York (4,397)
Open-spandrel arch (760)
Owned by city (5,398)
Rensselaer County, New York (119)
Replaced by new bridge (16,568)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,987)
Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. (173)
Strauss underneath counterweight bascule (48)
Terry & Tench Construction Co. (7)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,871)
Truss (32,773)
Warren deck truss (604)
Warren truss (6,563)

Update Log 

  • July 8, 2020: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
  • November 3, 2016: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • February 20, 2016: Updated by Luke: Added category "Terry & Tench Construction Co."
  • September 5, 2015: Updated by Luke: Wayward GPS fix, name, build/loss dates
  • June 14, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler

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