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Cemetery Road Bridge
Description
The oldest known wrought iron truss, and the only surviving lenticular (parabolic) arch truss, bridge in Washington County, New York. A more detailed discussion of the lenticular truss and history of the Berlin Iron Bridge Company may be found in HAER NY-166, Ouaquaga, Dutchtown Road Bridge.
-- Historic American Engineering Record
Facts
- Overview
- Relocated Lenticular pony truss bridge over Black Creek on Cemetery Road
- Location
- Washington County, New York
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge; Bridge moved to Rhule Road in Malta NY
- History
- Built 1888
- Builder
- - Berlin Iron Bridge Co. of East Berlin, Connecticut
- Design
- Lenticular pony truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 47.0 ft.
Total length: 51.5 ft.
Deck width: 11.2 ft.
- Recognition
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Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +43.16080, -73.36989 (decimal degrees)
43°09'39" N, 73°22'12" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/632521/4779961 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Salem
- Average daily traffic (as of 2014)
- 298
- Inventory numbers
- NY 3203730 (New York State bridge identification number)
BH 64503 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of August 2017)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 94.5 (out of 100)
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Update Log
- December 22, 2014: Updated by Michael Quiet: Added categories "Relocated",
- December 11, 2014: Added by Nathan Holth
Related Bridges
- Ruhle Road Bridge (Parts reused in) - This bridge was moved to replace the Rhule Road Arch Bridge in 2001
Sources
- Nathan Holth
- HAER NY-186 - Cemetery Road Bridge, Cemetery Road, spans Black Creek, 2 miles Southwest of Salem, Salem, Washington County, NY
- Michael Quiet - mquiet [at] gmail [dot] com