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NS - Baker Street Arch Overpass

Steuben County, New York

Photo 

Photo taken by Doug Kerr

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

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BH Photo #276067

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Street View 

Description 

Built as part of a relocation of the Erie RR mainline to the north bank of the Chemung River alongside the existing DL&W main. Upon the merger into Erie-Lackawanna, the Erie mainline became the primary route and remains so under NS control today.

Facts 

Overview
Concrete arch bridge over NY 414 on Norfolk Southern Railroad
Location
Corning, Steuben County, New York
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1946
Railroads
- Conrail (CR)
- Erie Lackawanna Railroad (EL)
- Erie Railroad (ERIE)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
Design
Arch
Dimensions
Span length: 59.7 ft.
Total length: 59.7 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.15694, -77.05667   (decimal degrees)
42°09'25" N, 77°03'24" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/330087/4669248 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Corning
Inventory numbers
NY 7047970 (New York State bridge identification number)
BH 26869 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arch (12,685)
Built 1946 (212)
Built during 1940s (4,249)
Closed-spandrel arch (4,269)
Conrail (1,714)
Corning, New York (13)
Deck arch (11,920)
Erie Lackawanna Railroad (438)
Erie Railroad (307)
 Have street view (29,239)
New York (4,911)
Norfolk Southern Railway (2,101)
Open (41,013)
Owned by railroad (13,567)
Railroad (16,520)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,459)
Steuben County, New York (101)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,633)

Update Log 

  • September 13, 2016: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein

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