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Ehrmentraut Farm Bridge

Monroe County, New York
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North Portal, Looking South.

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

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Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Bridge over Black Creek on a farm access road
Location
Monroe County, New York
Status
Open to pedestrians
History
Built 1859 over Erie Canal in Brockport, NY. Relocated east of Brockport on Erie Canal in 1880. Relocated to its current location in 1910.
Builder
- Squire Whipple
Design
Bowstring pony truss
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called
Squire Whipple Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.08792, -77.83065   (decimal degrees)
43°05'17" N, 77°49'50" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/269600/4774467 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Clifton
Inventory number
BH 49563 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,822)
Bowstring pony truss (127)
Bowstring truss (211)
Built 1859 (12)
Built during 1850s (205)
Have street view (9,908)
Monroe County, New York (53)
NR-eligible (3,751)
 New York (1,767)
Open to Pedestrians (2,084)
Owned privately (543)
Pony truss (13,217)
Preserved (652)
Squire Whipple (6)
Truss (23,575)

Update Log 

  • September 10, 2011: Added by James McCray

Sources 

  • James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • HAER NY-284 - Ehrmanteraut Farm Bridge, Spanning Black Creet at Farm Road, Riga, Monroe, NY
  • Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth

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