First Street Bridge

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First Street Bridge

looking south

Photo taken by Russ Nelson

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

BH Photo #461184

Bridge is partially skewed and wider at south end, as railroad formerly crossed street at an angle near north end of bridge

Overview: Stone arch bridge over Poesten Kill on First Street in Troy
Location: Troy, Rensselaer County, New York
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1900
Railroads: - CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Conrail (CR)
- New York Central Railroad (NYC)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Troy & Greenbush Railroad
Design: Stone arch
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 28.9 ft.
Total length: 80.7 ft.
Deck width: 35.8 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +42.72028, -73.69528 (decimal degrees)
42°43'13" N, 73°41'43" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/606827/4730578 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Troy South
Average daily traffic (as of 2015): 2,451
Inventory numbers: NY 2202330 (New York State bridge identification number)
BH 26685 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of October 2018): Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 55 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

January 24, 2021: New photos from Josh Schmid
July 26, 2020: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
November 25, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
July 14, 2018: Updated by Josh Schmid: Added categories "Boston & Maine Railroad", "Troy & Greenfield Railroad"
April 22, 2015: Updated by Luke: Added categories "Rail-and-Road", "Railroad"