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Forest Home Bridge - Upper

Tompkins County, New York

Photos 

Photo taken by Doug Kerr

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BH Photo #178049

Map 

Street View 

Description 

The Forest Home Bridge carries Forest Home Road over Fall Creek in Forest Home, New York. The double-intersection Warren through truss was constructed in 1909 by the Groton Bridge Company of Groton, New York. The bridge was extensively rehabilitated in 2013-14, during which time the truss was rendered obsolete by making it non-load bearing.

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Fall Creek on CR 121 (Forest Home Road) in Forest Home
Location
Tompkins County, New York
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1909; rehabilitated 1975 and 2013-14
Builder
- Groton Bridge Co. of Groton, New York
Design
Double-intersection Warren through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 115.8 ft.
Total length: 118.8 ft.
Deck width: 15.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.2 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.45111, -76.46639   (decimal degrees)
42°27'04" N, 76°27'59" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/379417/4700906 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Ithaca East
Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
4,329
Inventory numbers
NY 3047450 (New York State bridge identification number)
BH 26950 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of December 2018)
Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Excellent (9 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Excellent (9 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 78.7 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Built 1909 (770)
Built during 1900s (7,224)
Double-intersection Warren through truss (168)
Double-intersection Warren truss (456)
Groton Bridge Co. (93)
Have street view (26,947)
New York (4,402)
One-lane traffic (7,606)
Open (39,882)
 Owned by county (20,783)
Preserved (1,186)
Riveted (2,165)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,395)
Steel grate deck (450)
Through truss (15,062)
Tompkins County, New York (63)
Total length 100-125 feet (5,169)
Truss (32,784)

Update Log 

  • June 28, 2018: New photos from Andrew
  • April 14, 2017: Updated by Sherman Cahal: Some history.
  • September 18, 2016: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Riveted"
  • July 2, 2014: New Street View added by Ralph Demars
  • November 22, 2011: Updated by Frank Hicks: Added specific design info and builder from www.historicbridges.org listing
  • September 19, 2010: New photos from Doug Kerr

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Comments 

Fall Creek Bridge
Posted July 2, 2014, by ArtS (asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com)

Restored but will be used for decoration:

http://www.ithacajournal.com/article/20140701/NEWS01/3070100...

Regards,

Art S.