Bridgehunter.com | NKP - Buffalo River Bascule Bridge

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

Photo taken by Paige Miller in June, 2004

BH Photo #333457

Overview: Through truss bridge over Buffalo Creek on Norfolk Southern RR (formerly Nickel Plate RR)
Location: Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Status: Abandoned c1986 in favor of adjacent Buffalo Creek-Conrail bridge and left raised
History: Built 1913
Builder: - Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois
Railroads: - New York, Chicago, & St. Louis Railroad (NKP)
- Norfolk & Western Railway (NW)
- 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)