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South Washington Street Parabolic Bridge

Broome County, New York
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Photo taken by Doug Kerr

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Description 

The South Washington Street Bridge in Binghamton, NY is a rare lenticular truss bridge of three spans. Built by the Berlin Iron Bridge Company in 1886 It is on the National Register of Historic Places. It has been restored and in now used only as a bicycle and pedestrian bridge linking downtown Binghamton over the Susquehanna River with the South Side of Binghamton.

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Overview
Lenticular through truss bridge over Susquehanna River on South Washington Street
Location
Binghamton, Broome County, New York
Status
Open to pedestrians
History
Built 1886
Design
Jarvis-Douglas Parabolic Truss
Also called
South Washington Street Pedestrian Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.09232, -75.91467   (decimal degrees)
42°05'32" N, 75°54'53" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/424358/4660431 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Binghamton West
Inventory number
BH 46245 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,849)
Binghamton, New York (4)
Broome County, New York (18)
Built 1886 (111)
Built during 1880s (1,055)
Jarvis-Douglas Parabolic Truss (2)
Lenticular through truss (22)
 Lenticular truss (56)
New York (1,769)
Open to pedestrians (1,959)
Preserved (662)
Susquehanna River (33)
Through truss (9,249)
Truss (23,608)

Update Log 

  • September 16, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Updated design as referred to in a 1974 David Plowden book
  • September 19, 2010: Added by Doug Kerr

Sources 

  • Doug Kerr
  • Wikipedia
  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com

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