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At this site in Waterford, New York, the Union Bridge, the first bridge to cross the lower Hudson River, was built in 1804 by Theodore Burr and lasted 105 years until it was burned and replaced by the existing steel bridge. The second bridge, designed by Alfred P. Boller and Henry Hodge, was built in 1909 by the Phoenix Bridge Company. Together, these two bridges, on the same piers, have served the area for 209 years.
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Waterford, New York · United States
