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101st Street Covered Bridge 32-42-01x

Rensselaer County, New York

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101st Street Covered Bridge

1960s postcard view

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BH Photo #416927

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Howe through truss bridge over Boston & Maine Railroad on 101st Street
Location
Troy, Rensselaer County, New York
Status
Destroyed by fire
History
Built 1885; Burned July 14, 1963
Railroad
- Boston & Maine Railroad (BM)
Design
10-Panel Howe through truss
Dimensions
Total length: 94.0 ft.
Also called
Cemetery Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.75332, -73.67669   (decimal degrees)
42°45'12" N, 73°40'36" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/608292/4734270 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Troy North
Inventory number
BH 67180 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (9,633)
Arsoned (31)
Boston & Maine Railroad (427)
Built 1885 (220)
Built during 1880s (2,392)
Covered (3,342)
Destroyed by fire (332)
Howe through truss (660)
Howe truss (807)
Lost (31,802)
 Lost 1963 (111)
Lost during 1960s (1,138)
New York (5,241)
One-lane traffic (8,122)
Rensselaer County, New York (145)
Through truss (19,029)
Total length 75-100 feet (7,074)
Troy, New York (29)
Truss (38,312)

Update Log 

  • December 10, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • December 3, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • January 25, 2018: Updated by Alexander D. Mitchell IV: added photos and details
  • April 22, 2015: Added by Luke

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