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Mohawk River, Montgomery County

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Inventory Number: NY/32-29-02x
County: Montgomery County
Township: Amsterdam - Florida
Town/Village: Amsterdam - Port Jackson
Bridge Name: Mohawk River
Crosses: Mohawk River
Truss type: Town
Spans: 3 / 2
Length:
Roadway Width:
Built: 1843
Builder:
When Lost: 16 Feb 1876
Cause: Washed Away
Latitude: N42 56.137
Longitude: W074 11.688
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Directions: At Amsterdam.

Mohawk River Bridge, Amsterdam, Montgomery County, NY Built 1843
Elna Johnson Collection

Comments:
The north span was washed away in 1865 by a floating section of the Caughnawaga Bridge and replaced by an iron span. On 16-Feb-1876, about 2/3 of the covered bridge was washed about 5 miles down river as the result of an ice jam freshet. The bridge landed on the flats about 2 miles downstream of Cranesville. The Remington Bridge Works of Ilion won the contract to rebuild the bridge on the existing piers. Based on early images, an all-metal Post Truss was constructed as the replacement.

Sources:
Allen, Richard Sanders. Old North Country Bridges, 1983, page 52
New York Times, February 17, 1876.
Wilson, Richard R.. New York State's Covered Bridges, 2004, page 69