Stillwater Bridge is a truss bridge in the
Capital District
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of
New York
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in the United States. It carries Stillwater Bridge Road (
New York State Route 915C or NY 915C, an unsigned
reference route) 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 ...
from the
village of Stillwater in
Saratoga County
Saratoga County is a county in the U.S. state of New York, and is the fastest-growing county in Upstate New York. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the county's population was enumerated at 235,509, representing a 7.2% increase from the 2010 popul ...
to the
town of Schaghticoke in
Rensselaer County
Rensselaer County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 161,130. Its county seat is Troy. The county is named in honor of the family of Kiliaen van Rensselaer, the original Dutch owner of the la ...
. The bridge is two lanes wide and has a sidewalk only along the south side of the road.
Stillwater Bridge begins at an intersection with
U.S. Route 4 and
NY 32
New York State Route 32 (NY 32) is a north–south state highway that extends for through the Hudson Valley and Capital District, New York, Capital District regions of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. It is a two-lane sur ...
in Stillwater. From here, it heads southeast across the Hudson River to Stillwater Island, an island in Schaghticoke bounded by the river to the west and the
Champlain Canal
The Champlain Canal is a canal in New York that connects the Hudson River to the south end of Lake Champlain. It was simultaneously constructed with the Erie Canal for use by commercial vessels, fully opening in 1823. Today, it is mostly used by ...
to the east. On Stillwater Island, Stillwater Bridge Road serves
Lock 4 State Canal Park at the mouth of the
Hoosic River
The Hoosic River, also known as the Hoosac, the Hoosick (primarily in New York) and the Hoosuck (mostly archaic), is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed October 3, 2011 tri ...
and changes designations from NY 915C to
County Route 125. A smaller truss bridge brings Stillwater Bridge Road across the Champlain Canal and onto the mainland of the town of Schaghticoke.
The bridge carried
NY 67 across the Hudson River until 1980, when NY 67 was realigned to cross the river at
Mechanicville to the south.
See also
*
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 in Newcomb, New York.
Crossings
The crossings are listed from south to north.
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References
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Stillwater Bridge (Bridgehunter.com)
Stillwater Bridge
Stillwater Bridge
Bridges in Saratoga County, New York
Bridges in Rensselaer County, New York
Truss bridges in the United States
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