The last time I watched the fireworks from the bridge was in 2007, and I was near the middle at the 200 smoot mark:

The views of the fireworks was quite good, not as good as being on the river banks. Considering you could show up 5 minutes before the start of the display instead of 12 hours before is a good tradeoff in viewing quality.

And the finale:

This year, like last year, I’ll be up in the Adirondacks where the fireworks aren’t quite as spectacular, but still has it’s own charm and a sense of tranquility that you don’t get in the city.

Adirondacks Are Hot. That’s Good. Or Not.

Logging Is Part of a Plan to Preserve Adirondacks

Which has this multimedia presentation:
http://www.nytimes.com

A poet from Johnsburg, Jeanne Robert Foster, echoes the fears of many who live here and love it: “And the way things are going there won’t be woods very long, or wilderness; it’ll be imitation ranches, and ski runs, and places called by names that the folks who lived there years and years ago never heard of.”