The Menands Bridge, officially known as the Troy-Menands Bridge, is a four-span

through truss A truss bridge is a bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss, a structure of connected elements, usually forming triangular units. The connected elements (typically straight) may be stressed from tension, compression, or ...

bridge that carries

New York State Route 378 New York State Route 378 (NY 378) is a state highway in the Capital District of New York in the United States. It runs from Loudonville to Troy and traverses the Hudson River via the Menands Bridge. NY 378 once connected to Menan ...

across the

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in New York connecting Menands with

Troy Troy ( el, Τροία and Latin: Troia, Hittite: 𒋫𒊒𒄿𒊭 ''Truwiša'') or Ilion ( el, Ίλιον and Latin: Ilium, Hittite: 𒃾𒇻𒊭 ''Wiluša'') was an ancient city located at Hisarlik in present-day Turkey, south-west of Ç ...

. Built in 1933, the crossing is supported by concrete

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and - even though it was designed and constructed at the end of the first third of the 20th century - was originally fitted with a lift section to accommodate

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. The section's lifting device was removed in 1966, but the elevating towers remained until their removal in the summer of 2000. Today the bridge has a clearance over the water of , and a horizontal clearance between spans of .Troy-Menands Bridge, waterwayguide.com
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