CSX - Livingston Avenue Bridge
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The Hudson
Photo taken by Adam Elmquist
License: Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs (CC BY-ND)
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BH Photo #333259
Description
Consists of a 260-foot-long continuous through truss swing span, four through trusses and four plate girder spans.Facts
- Overview
- Through truss swing bridge over Hudson River on CSX Transportation (owner) and Amtrak (lessee)
- Location
- Rensselaer, Rensselaer County, New York, and Albany County, New York
- Status
- Open to traffic
- Future prospects
- Replacement lift bridge in design, construction to start late 2023, completion in 2026
- History
- Built 1901 for freight traffic; passenger traffic added when NYC Maiden Lane Bridge removed
- Builder
- - American Bridge Co. of New York (Superstructure)
- Railroads
- - Amtrak (AMTK)
- CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Conrail (CR)
- New York Central Railroad (NYC)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Design
- Baltimore through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 259.9 ft.
Total length: 1,272.0 ft.
- Also called
- PC - Hudson River Bridge
Freight Bridge
Conrail - Hudson River Bridge
NYC - Hudson River Bridge
CSX - Hudson River Bridge
North Railroad Bridge - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.65412, -73.74132 (decimal degrees)
42°39'15" N, 73°44'29" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/603167/4723174 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Troy South
- Inventory numbers
- NY 7092890 (New York State bridge identification number)
BH 50993 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- May 10, 2022: Updated by Nathan Holth: Updated bridge availability and demolition plans.
- November 15, 2021: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
- May 7, 2021: New photos from Josh Schmid
- April 6, 2021: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
- March 6, 2019: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
- April 14, 2018: New photo from Royce and Bobette Haley
- April 13, 2018: Updated by Royce and Bobette Haley: approach, refine design
- August 14, 2016: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
- May 23, 2016: Updated by Luke: Added info
- July 23, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
- July 20, 2015: Photo imported by Dave King
- May 9, 2014: Updated by Luke Harden: Added builder
- January 17, 2012: Added by J.P.
Related Bridges
- NYC - Upper Bridge (1870) (Predecessor)
- Patroon Island Bridge (Upstream)
- Dunn Memorial Bridge (Downstream)
Sources
- J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Wikipedia
- Luke
- Douglas Butler
- The Bridgemen's Magazine, Volumes 1-2 - Book
- Dana and Kay Klein
- Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Geoff Hubbs
- Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com
- Josh Schmid
- Nathan Holth
Comments
Werird that they used vertical life like towers to convey the power for this swing span briddge.
So NYDOT is evaluating whether to repair or replace this, eh?
Well - and the towers in the pictures make me think this is the same bridge as in the article I'm posting - Friday's incident where a cruise ship was ripped from its moorings and drifted downriver only to get wedged underneath the bridge, can't have helped matters.
https://www.dailyfreeman.com/news/local-news/boats-break-loo...
It lines/lined up with Livingston Avenue. First use of the name was during construction in 1901: https://books.google.com/books?id=q3mcAAAAMAAJ&dq=editions%3...
Very creative, I know, but there are several examples of such creative naming over the years, such as Monon's Hohman Avenue Bridge in the Chicagoland area.
Worked LAB for twenty years before retiring 5 1/2 years ago. Great place to spend the day.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/ny/rensselaer/livingston-avenue/
Bridge is available for reuse:
https://historicbridgefoundation.com/links/bridges/