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South Grand Island Bridge (SB)

Erie County, New York

Photos 

Photo taken by Doug Kerr

BH Photo #178181

Map 

Street Views 

Facts 

Overview
Steel through arch bridge over Niagara River on I-190 (SB)
Location
Erie County, New York
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1935; rehabilitated 1963
Design
Steel through arch with deck plate girder and Pratt deck truss approach spans
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 400.0 ft.
Total length: 3,437.2 ft. (0.7 mi.)
Deck width: 24.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 17.7 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.99782, -78.93583   (decimal degrees)
42°59'52" N, 78°56'09" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/668255/4762639 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Buffalo NW
Average daily traffic (as of 2014)
34,687
Inventory numbers
NY 5043981 (New York State bridge identification number)
BH 26019 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of November 2018)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 72 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Arch (12,102)
Built 1935 (1,451)
Built during 1930s (11,749)
Deck girder (5,748)
Deck truss (1,732)
Erie County, New York (210)
Flared (403)
Girder (10,237)
Have street view (26,948)
Interstate 190 (6)
Navigable waterway (2,152)
New York (4,402)
 New York State Thruway (22)
Niagara River (12)
Open (39,884)
Owned by state (15,994)
Plate girder (7,926)
Pratt deck truss (357)
Pratt truss (9,300)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,196)
Steel through arch (216)
Toll (170)
Total length over 2500 feet (916)
Truss (32,794)

Update Log 

  • July 26, 2016: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
  • October 2, 2011: New Street View added by Ben Tate
  • October 1, 2011: Updated by James Baughn
  • September 19, 2010: New photo from Doug Kerr

Sources 

  • Doug Kerr
  • Ben Tate - benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Wikipedia
  • Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Comments 

Niagara River Bridge
Posted May 5, 2011, by Karen Fischer

Actually, the two bridges shown are the SOUTH Grand Island Bridges. The NB Bridge was built in the 60's while the SB Bridge was Built in the 30's. (Same design used).