NKP - Buffalo River Bascule Bridge

Photos 

CP Draw, abandoned Nickel Plate drawbridge left in the open position

Photo taken by Paige Miller in June, 2004

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BH Photo #333457

Map 

Street Views 

Facts 

Overview

Through truss bridge over Buffalo Creek on Norfolk Southern RR (formerly Nickel Plate RR)

Location

Buffalo, Erie County, New York

Status

Abandoned and left raised

History

Built 1913

Builder

- Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois

Railroads

- New York, Chicago, & St. Louis Railroad (NKP)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)

Design

Through truss bascule

Dimensions

Total length: 165.0 ft.

Skew angle

41 degrees

Approximate latitude, longitude

+42.86050, -78.84860   (decimal degrees)
42°51'38" N, 78°50'55" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

17/675756/4747568 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Buffalo SE

Inventory number

BH 50875 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• March 6, 2017: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
• August 7, 2016: New photos from Douglas Butler
• December 15, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
• November 2, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
• July 25, 2015: New photo from Paige Miller
• July 10, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
• June 2, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
• June 1, 2015: New photos from Douglas Butler
• August 15, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Edited entry
• January 9, 2012: Added by Frank Hicks

Sources 

• Frank Hicks
• Luke
• Douglas Butler
• Paige Miller

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