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Pittsford Railroad Bridge

Monroe County, New York
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WestShoreBridgePittsford

Photo taken by Frank Hicks in March 2011

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Overview
Pratt through truss bridge over Erie Canal on CSX Railroad (formerly NYC RR West Shore Branch)
Location
Pittsford, Monroe County, New York
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built for New York Central RR (West Shore Branch), later CSX Railroad
Design
Pratt through truss
Also called
West Shore RR Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.09386, -77.51737   (decimal degrees)
43°05'38" N, 77°31'03" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/295121/4774313 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Pittsford
Inventory number
BH 48434 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

CSX Railroad (581)
Erie Canal (91)
Monroe County, New York (53)
New York (1,767)
New York Central Railroad (60)
Open (28,308)
Owned by railroad (4,039)
 Pittsford, New York (2)
Pratt through truss (3,166)
Pratt truss (5,658)
Railroad (4,070)
Through truss (9,205)
Truss (23,567)

Update Log 

  • April 17, 2012: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added category "Railroad"
  • April 15, 2012: Updated by Calvin Sneed: Upon closer examination of the first wing of the truss, these are actually Baltimore through trusses
  • March 17, 2011: Added by Frank Hicks

Sources 

  • Frank Hicks
  • Calvin Sneed - us43137415 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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