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Old Stony Brook Glen Bridge

Livingston County, New York
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Description 

By 1900, this bridge was the 5th highest bridge in North America, at 240 feet above the stream.

Facts 

Overview
Lost Deck truss bridge over Stony Brook Glen on former Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern Railroad south of Dansville
Location
Dansville, Livingston County, New York
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1883 by the Delaware Bridge Co., replaced in 1907
Builder
- Delaware Bridge Co.
Design
Wrought iron Fink deck truss
Dimensions
Total length: 700.0 ft.
Also called
Shawmut Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.51399, -77.69215   (decimal degrees)
42°30'50" N, 77°41'32" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/278838/4710359 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Dansville
Inventory number
BH 52780 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,822)
Built 1883 (84)
Built during 1880s (1,045)
Dansville, New York (2)
Deck truss (955)
Delaware Bridge Co. (1)
Fink deck truss (3)
Fink truss (6)
 Livingston County, New York (25)
Lost (10,376)
Lost 1907 (4)
Lost during 1900s (29)
New York (1,767)
Replaced by new bridge (7,143)
Total length 500-1000 feet (1,805)
Truss (23,578)

Update Log 

  • June 28, 2012: Added by Jacob P. Bernard

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Sources 

  • Jacob P. Bernard - jacob_bernard [at] yahoo [dot] com

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