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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 Street
Location
Cohoes, Albany County, New York, and Rensselaer County, New York
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1922; 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
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
Inventory number
BH 61358 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Albany County, New York (91)
Arch (11,632)
Bascule (1,040)
Built 1922 (676)
Built during 1920s (9,660)
Cohoes, New York (7)
Deck arch (10,876)
Deck truss (1,627)
Hudson River (55)
Lost (22,835)
Lost 1996 (442)
Lost during 1990s (3,885)
Movable (2,869)
 Navigable waterway (2,094)
New York (3,886)
Open-spandrel arch (717)
Owned by city (5,010)
Rensselaer County, New York (104)
Replaced by new bridge (15,234)
Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. (172)
Strauss underneath counterweight bascule (48)
Terry & Tench Construction Co. (6)
Troy, New York (20)
Truss (31,597)
Warren deck truss (587)
Warren truss (6,334)

Update Log 

  • 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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