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Physicians Hospital Bridge
Photo
Physician's Hospital, Plattsburg, N. Y.
Boston Public Library
License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)
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BH Photo #317506
Description
The foundation was actually built with one huge piece of concrete. Workers thought they would find a concrete slab several inches thick with some other kinds of material underneath it. But the arch is several feet thick and just as wide from one end of the bridge to the other.
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- Overview
- Stone arch bridge over Pond on Hospital Entrance
- Location
- Plattsburgh, Clinton County, New York
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1926; Repaired 1969; Stone walls rebuilt during 1990s; Repaired 2006
- Builder
- - William H. Miner
- Design
- Stone arch
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +44.70125, -73.46749 (decimal degrees)
44°42'05" N, 73°28'03" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/621411/4950906 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Plattsburgh
- Inventory number
- BH 66375 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- March 2, 2015: New Street View added by Luke
- March 2, 2015: Added by Dave King