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Photograph of Ruhle Road Lenticular Metal Truss Bridge
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Ruhle Road Lenticular Metal Truss Bridge

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1893.

From the record

“Ruhle Road Lenticular Metal Truss Bridge is a historic Lenticular truss bridge located in Malta, Saratoga County, New York. It was constructed in 1888 by the Berlin Iron Bridge Company of East Berlin, Connecticut, and originally spanned the Black Creek in Salem, Washington County, New York.”

Wikipedia article Ruhle Road Lenticular Metal Truss Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 83 National Register listings published here for Saratoga County · listed in 2004 · category: Structure.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Ruhle Rd over Ballston Creek, Malta, 12019
  • When was it listed? September 2004
  • Category. structure
  • Town. Malta town
  • National Register reference number. 04000954 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

312 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 312 fires within 5 miles of Ruhle Road Lenticular Metal Truss Bridge between 1995 and 2020, burning about 310 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 61 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined141
Arson/incendiarism61
Debris and open burning30
Misuse of fire by a minor20
Smoking18
Natural14
Equipment and vehicle use13
Recreation and ceremony12
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2016Recreation and ceremony1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
30 September 2005Natural1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Saratoga County

Mines and quarries near this property

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Ruhle Road Lenticular Metal Truss Bridge: 4 producers, 2 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Aqueduct Schenectady Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Round Lake Clay PitClayProducer
Collins PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Collins PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Willow Glen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Willow Glen Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Saratoga County

Storms near this property

37 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Malta, the town this property stands in, in 37 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 22 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 1 lightning, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2000Thunderstorm WindMalta$21,000no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindMalta$19,000no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindMalta$17,000no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindMalta$10,000no account filed
September 1998Thunderstorm WindMalta$9,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindMalta$6,000no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindMalta$4,000no account filed
September 1998Thunderstorm WindMalta$3,000no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindMalta$2,000A tree and wires were downed on East High Street near Malta.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindMalta$2,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindMalta$2,000no account filed
August 2024HailMalta-A trained spotter reported 0.75 inch hail at the corner of Stonebreak Road and Hermes Road.
August 2024HailMalta-A member of the public posted a video to social media that showed ping pong ball sized hail falling in the town of Malta.
August 2024HailMalta-A media partner sent in a report of an estimated hail size of 1.75 inch, or golf ball size, in the town of Malta.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindMalta-A local emergency manager reported a tree down on a house in the town of Malta.
August 2024HailMalta-A trained spotter reported 1 inch hail near Route 9 in the town of Malta.
September 2023HailMalta-Nickel to quarter size hail was reported near the Malta Community Center.
July 2023FloodMalta-Interstate 87 (Northway) in both directions before Exit 12 was reported flooded.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindMalta-Tree branches of four to six inches in diameter were downed in Luther Forest.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindMalta-A tree was reported down on Partridge Drum Road.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindMalta-A few trees were downed.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindMalta-Trees downed onto a car.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindMalta-Around a dozen trees were downed on Woodfield Blvd and Copper Ridge Road.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindMalta-Trees were downed.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindMalta-Multiple trees were reported down.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindMalta-Multiple trees were reported down in Malta due to thunderstorm winds. Some of the downed trees fell on cars as well.
July 2014HailMalta-A spotter reported penny size hail occurred during a thunderstorm in Malta.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindMalta-A National Weather Service Storm Survey Team found evidence of damaging straight line winds from a thunderstorm, extending from Malta, across Route 9P on the southeast and east side of Saratoga Lake, into Schuylerville. Numerous downed trees and snapped power lines were found, with estimated peak winds of 85 to 100 mph.||In addition, golf ball size hail was also observed in Schuylerville.||Numerous downed trees resulted in the closure of Route 9P, from Route 76 to the City of Saratoga Springs.
June 2008HailMalta-Quarter size hail was reported in Malta during a thunderstorm.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindMalta-A National Weather Service employee reported a measured wind gust of 60 miles an hour in a thunderstorm at Malta.
May 2004LightningMalta-Lightning struck house, no damage to structure.
May 2004HailMalta-Hail at Rt 67 & Exit 12 of Northway.
November 2004HailMalta-Dime sized hail reported.
September 1998HailMalta-Very cold air aloft spawned widely scattered thunderstorms during the evening hours across eastern New York. One cell produced nickel size hail in Malta, Saratoga County.
August 1994HailMalta-A severe thunderstorm struck southern Saratoga and eastern Schenectady Counties during the afternoon of August 20th resulting in downed trees and powerlines and large hail. The severe thunderstorm left thousands of customers in the area without power.
May 2004HailMalta-no account filed
July 1998HailMalta-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Saratoga County

Maps showing this location

16 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Dunning Street Cemetery1.4 miles2015
Round Lake Auditorium1.9 miles1975
Davis-Ferris Organ1.9 miles
Davis-Ferris Organ1.9 miles
Wiggins-Collamer House3.0 miles2007
Jonesville Store3.2 miles2011

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 04000954 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Saratoga CountyAll 83 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.