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Webster Avenue Bridge

Niagara County, New York

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Webster Avenue Bridge

Bridge replaced

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013

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BH Photo #284391

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Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Tonawanda Creek Barge Canal on Webster Avenue
Location
Tonawanda, Niagara County, New York
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1918; Replaced 1978
Builders
- Bethlehem Steel Co. of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
- Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois
Design
Deck plate girder bascule
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.02141, -78.87797   (decimal degrees)
43°01'17" N, 78°52'41" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/672905/4765377 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Tonawanda West
Inventory number
BH 61098 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bascule (1,040)
Bethlehem Steel Co. (126)
Built 1918 (471)
Built during 1910s (9,245)
Deck girder (5,046)
Girder (9,136)
Lost (22,248)
Lost 1918 (27)
Lost during 1910s (431)
Movable (2,843)
 Navigable waterway (2,091)
New York (3,838)
Niagara County, New York (77)
Owned by state (15,118)
Plate girder (6,948)
Replaced by new bridge (14,839)
Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. (172)
Strauss underneath counterweight bascule (48)
Tonawanda, New York (14)

Update Log 

  • July 9, 2017: Updated by Luke: Added build date and builder
  • January 26, 2017: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • January 25, 2017: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • May 29, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler

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