Menands Bridge

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Menands Bridge
Official name	Troy-Menands Bridge
Carries	New York State Route 378
Crosses	Hudson River
Locale	Menands, New York and Troy, New York
Maintained by	New York State Department of Transportation
ID number	1062850
Design	Through truss
Opening date	1959

The Menands Bridge, officially known as the Troy-Menands Bridge, carries New York State Route 378 across the Hudson River connecting Menands, New York with Troy, New York. A through truss span, it was built in 1959.^[1]

The bridge once featured a pair of elevating towers, as the bridge was once built to accommodate tall ships. The lifting device was removed in 1966, but the towers remained until their removal in the summer of 2000.

On August 14, 1998, confessed serial killer Gary Evans kicked out the side window of a police van while driving over the Menands Bridge, jumped out, and ran from police. When he was cornered, Evans jumped off the bridge to his death, plunging 65 feet into the Hudson River. He had been arraigned the previous day on capital murder charges.^[2]

[edit] References

1. ^ Capital Highways - Troy-Menands Bridge
2. ^ Paul Grondahl: "Escaped inmate was left alone". Albany Times Union. April 27, 2007

[edit] External links

• Troy-Menands Bridge at Capital Highways

• Menands Bridge is at coordinates 42°42′04″N 73°42′11″W / 42.701005, -73.703086 (Menands Bridge)Coordinates: 42°42′04″N 73°42′11″W / 42.701005, -73.703086 (Menands Bridge)

Crossings of the Hudson River Upstream Congress Street Bridge Menands Bridge Downstream Patroon Island Bridge