Double-Span Metal Pratt Truss Bridge is a historic Pratt truss bridge over the Ausable River at Keeseville in

Clinton County Clinton County may refer to: *Counties named for George Clinton, first and third Governor of New York, and later the fourth Vice President of the United States: **Clinton County, New York ** Clinton County, Ohio *Counties named for DeWitt Clinton, ...

and

Essex County, New York Essex County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 37,381. Its county seat is the hamlet of Elizabethtown (CDP), New York, Eliza ...

. It was built in 1877 by the Murray Dougal & Company of

Milton, Pennsylvania Milton is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States, on the West Branch Susquehanna River, north of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, located in Central Pennsylvania's Susquehanna River Valley. ...

. It is 214 feet in length and 16 feet wide. It consists of two 107 foot spans supported by a pier at mid-stream. It is the oldest extant example of a metal Pratt truss bridge in New York State. The bridge carries Liberty Street over the Ausable River between Ausable Street and River River. It was listed on the

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in 1999. In 2008 it was closed, and was in anticipation of repairs.River Street over Ausable River (UglyBridges.com)
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