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Dix Bridge

Washington County, New York, and Saratoga County, New York

Photos 

Portal

Photo taken by Mike Bielkiewicz

BH Photo #417007

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
3 span Double Intersection Warren through truss bridge over Hudson River on Dix Bridge Rd.
Location
Washington County, New York, and Saratoga County, New York
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Built 1895; Closed 1995; Rehabilitated for pedestrian use 2013
Builders
- Jones & Laughlin Steel Co. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania & Woodlawn, Pennsylvania
- R.F. Hawkins Iron Works of Springfield, Massachusetts
Design
3 span Double-intersection Warren through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 143.7 ft.
Total length: 425.9 ft.
Deck width: 15.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.6 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called
Clark's Mills Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.11682, -73.57575   (decimal degrees)
43°07'01" N, 73°34'33" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/615869/4774772 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Schuylerville
Inventory numbers
NY 3306380 (New York State bridge identification number)
BH 27043 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,639)
Built 1895 (277)
Built during 1890s (2,997)
Double-intersection Warren through truss (169)
Double-intersection Warren truss (458)
Have street view (27,084)
Hudson River (61)
Jones & Laughlin Steel Co. (27)
NR-eligible (4,057)
New York (4,447)
Open to pedestrians (4,256)
 Owned by county (20,871)
Painted green (156)
Preserved (1,195)
R.F. Hawkins Iron Works (21)
Riveted (2,188)
Saratoga County, New York (95)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,238)
Through truss (15,216)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,257)
Truss (33,020)
Washington County, New York (92)

Update Log 

  • April 6, 2021: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
  • March 18, 2021: New photos from Josh Schmid
  • April 14, 2020: Updated by Nick Boppel: Fix map marker
  • April 8, 2018: New photos from Josh Schmid
  • March 29, 2018: New photo from Richard Doody
  • January 27, 2018: Added photo from Mike Bielkiewicz
  • October 7, 2016: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
  • June 11, 2015: Updated by Michael Quiet: Noted that bridge has been rehabilitated and is now open for pedestrian use
  • June 23, 2014: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "R.F. Hawkins Iron Works"
  • June 23, 2014: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added builder
  • January 11, 2014: Updated by CANALLER: Added Info & Photo.
  • January 11, 2014: New photos from Jack Schmidt

Sources 

  • Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Flickr
  • Michael Quiet - mquiet [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Dana and Kay Klein
  • Richard Doody
  • Josh Schmid
  • Nick Boppel - nickboppel01 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com
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Comments 

Dix Bridge
Posted March 18, 2021, by Patrick Gurwell (pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com)

Josh,

Nice shots on the bridge. Makes me want to take a trip this weekend.

Dix Bridge
Posted June 23, 2014, by ArtS (asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com)

nice article with pictures and history:

http://www.hudsoncrossingpark.org/virtualtour/dixbridge.html