Rockbottom Bridge (1904)

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Rockbottom Bridge

Broome County Historical Society

BH Photo #467495

Contract price was $56,887.60 Replaced a bowstring structure that partially collapsed the previous year.

Overview: Lost Baltimore through truss bridge over Susquehanna River on South Street/Trolley line
Location: Binghamton, Broome County, New York
Status: Removed but not replaced
History: Built in 1904 by the Owego Bridge Company; removed in November 2001
Builder: - Owego Bridge Co. of Owego, New York
Design: Riveted Baltimore through trusses
Also called: Rockbottom Dam Bridge
Rockbottom Truss Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +42.09449, -75.90295 (decimal degrees)
42°05'40" N, 75°54'11" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/425330/4660661 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number: BH 88474 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com
A history of Binghamton's troubled Rockbottom Bridge - Three versions of Rockbottom Bridge spanned the Susquehanna River, and one of them hit, well, rock bottom.