The Troy–Waterford Bridge carries
U.S. Route 4
U.S. Route 4 (US 4) is a United States Numbered Highway that runs from East Greenbush, New York, in the west to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in the east, traversing Vermont.
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across the
Hudson River
The Hudson River, historically the North River, is a river that flows from north to south largely through eastern New York (state), New York state. It originates in the Adirondack Mountains at Henderson Lake (New York), Henderson Lake in the ...
in
New York
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connecting
Waterford
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with
Troy
Troy (/; ; ) or Ilion (; ) was an ancient city located in present-day Hisarlik, Turkey. It is best known as the setting for the Greek mythology, Greek myth of the Trojan War. The archaeological site is open to the public as a tourist destina ...
. 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.
The Waterford Bridges, which include the current bridge and the original 1804 bridge, were designated as a
National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark
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by the
American Society of Civil Engineers
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in 2013.
The Troy–Waterford Bridge uses the same piers as the original 1804 bridge,
[https://dailygazette.com/2013/09/04/waterford-bridge-get-landmark-designation/] 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.
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List of fixed crossings of the Hudson River
This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Hudson River, from its mouth at the Upper New York Bay upstream to its cartographic beginning at Henderson Lake (New York), Henderson Lake in Newcomb, New York.
Crossings
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References
Bridges over the Hudson River
Bridges completed in 1804
Road bridges in New York (state)
U.S. Route 4
Bridges of the United States Numbered Highway System
Bridges in Rensselaer County, New York
Bridges in Saratoga County, New York
Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks
Truss bridges in the United States
1909 establishments in New York (state)
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