Troy–Waterford Bridge

The Troy–Waterford Bridge carries U.S. Route 4 across the Hudson River in New York connecting Waterford with Troy. The bridge is two lanes wide, with sidewalks on both sides. The bridge serves as a replacement for the 1804-built Union Bridge, which burned on July 10, 1909.^[3]

Troy–Waterford Bridge
Troy–Waterford Bridge in October 2009
Coordinates	42°47′19.32″N 73°40′25.92″W
Carries	US 4
Crosses	Hudson River
Locale	Waterford, Saratoga County and Troy, Rennsselaer County, both in New York, United States
Characteristics
Design	Truss bridge
Total length	742.8 feet (226.4 m)[1]
Longest span	193.9 feet (59.1 m)[1]
Clearance above	15.4 feet (4.7 m)[2]
History
Opened	1909[1]
Statistics
Daily traffic	12,435 (2007)[2]
Location

The Waterford Bridges, which include the current bridge and the original 1804 bridge, were designated as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 2013.^[4][5]

The Troy–Waterford Bridge uses the same piers as the original 1804 bridge,^[6] and if that bridge is counted, it was the first bridge across the Hudson River south of the Adirondacks. At first it carried pedestrians and horse drawn vehicles, but a railroad track was added to it when the locomotive was invented. The current bridge has no railroad tracks.

See also

• Transport portal
• Engineering portal
• New York (state) portal
• List of fixed crossings of the Hudson River