Cattaraugus Creek Bridge

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Overview: Deck truss bridge over Cattaraugus Creek on US 219
Location: Cattaraugus County, New York, and Erie County, New York
Status: Demolished
History: Built 1956; rehabilitated 1971
Design: Deck truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 299.9 ft.
Total length: 651.9 ft.
Deck width: 43.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +42.47222, -78.69750 (decimal degrees)
42°28'20" N, 78°41'51" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 17/689275/4704777 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Ashford Hollow
Average daily traffic (as of 2014): 5,613
Inventory numbers: NY 1041590 (New York State bridge identification number)
BH 25810 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of November 2016): Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 63.2 (out of 100)
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Posted June 17, 2016, by Nathan Holth (webmaster [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

Demolition video.

VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED HISTORIC BRIDGES WERE HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THIS FILM.

Cattaraugus Creek Bridge

Posted March 17, 2016, by Nathan Holth (webmaster [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

I think the bridge is actually being blown up first (like this year), not after the new bridge is built. At least thats how the article reads.

Cattaraugus Creek Bridge

Posted March 9, 2016, by Andy Peters (anpete1971 [at] gmail [dot] com)

New bridge scheduled for completion in 2017 and old one to be demolished thereafter.

Cattaraugus Creek Bridge

Posted May 1, 2014, by Thomas Engel, PE (tengel [at] prudenteng [dot] com)

Inspected every year - with some difficulty and danger.