The Riparius Bridge is a two lane truss bridge that carries

New York State Route 8 New York State Route 8 (NY 8) is a north-south state highway in the central part of New York in the United States. It runs in a southwest-to-northeast direction from the Southern Tier to the northern part of Lake George. The sout ...

across the

Hudson River The Hudson River is a river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York. It originates in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York and flows southward through the Hudson Valley to the New York Harbor between N ...

connecting Johnsburg, New York with

Chestertown, New York Chestertown is a hamlet of the Town of Chester, in Warren County, New York, United States. It is located by the junction of Route 8 and U.S. Route 9, in the Adirondack Mountains. The population was 677 at the 2010 census, which lists the commun ...

. It was built in 2003, replacing a similar style camelback truss bridge that had been built in 1919. The new bridge was built to better accommodate vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians.NYS DOT Plaque at bridge site

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Bridges over the Hudson River Bridges completed in 2003 Road bridges in New York (state) Steel bridges in the United States Parker truss bridges in the United States Transportation buildings and structures in Warren County, New York {{NewYork-bridge-struct-stub

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