Bridge 10, Erie Canal

Bridge 10
Coordinates 42°50′02″N 73°55′40″W / 42.83389°N 73.92778°W / 42.83389; -73.92778Coordinates: 42°50′02″N 73°55′40″W / 42.83389°N 73.92778°W / 42.83389; -73.92778
Carries railroad tracks
Crosses Erie Canal
Locale Schenectady, NY
Characteristics
Design Through truss, girder
Material Steel

Bridge 10 over the Erie Canal and Mohawk River in Schenectady. Bridge 10 is a railroad bridge used by the Canadian Pacific Railway. The rails on the bridge were realigned as part of a clearance project in the late 1990s. The double track was removed and replaced by a single set of rails in the center of the bridge. This was to allow the passage of very large steam turbine parts to be moved by rail from Schenectady's General Electric to the Port of Albany.

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