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Green Island Bridge

Covered bridge · Rensselaer County, New York

Troy-Green Island Bridge, a bridge over the Hudson River that connects the cities of Troy and Green Island in New York, United States
Troy-Green Island Bridge, a bridge over the Hudson River that connects the cities of Troy and Green Island in New York, United States · UpstateNYer / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Green Island Bridge is a covered bridge in Rensselaer County, New York, described in its record as bridge in Troy, New York. New York has 30 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow, 2 of them in Rensselaer County.

It was built in 1981, in the postwar decades, making it the 17th oldest of the 18 in New York with a recorded construction date; it crosses Hudson River.

Status check, 2026-11: This is a vertical-lift road bridge over the Hudson, not a covered bridge (Wikidata wrongly lists it as one). The covered bridge that first stood here was built in 1832 and burned in 1862, and the bridge that replaced it collapsed in a 1977 flood. It stands at 42.7355° N, 73.6898° W.

Key facts

Current structure built1981
CrossesHudson River
Coordinates42.73550, -73.68980

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Questions

Where is Green Island Bridge?

Green Island Bridge is in Rensselaer County, New York, at 42.7355, -73.6898.

How many covered bridges are in Rensselaer County?

Rensselaer County, New York has 2 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow.

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