Saunders Street-Champlain Canal Bridge (Old)

Photos

General View, South Side, View From West Bank To North

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #370684

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Description

This bridge is significantly different from the original uniform bridge design proposed for Champlain Canal bridges in 1901, but representative of the steel truss bridges built in 1910-1911 to span the enlarged canal.

-- Historic American Engineering Record

Facts

Overview: Lost Through truss bridge over Champlain Canal on Saunders Street
Location: Whitehall, Washington County, New York
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
History: Built 1910; Replaced 1995
Design: Through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 174.9 ft.
Total length: 194.9 ft.
Deck width: 16.7 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +43.55522, -73.40171 (decimal degrees)
43°33'19" N, 73°24'06" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/629095/4823714 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Whitehall
Average daily traffic (as of 2013): 2,323
Inventory numbers: NY 4418020 (New York State bridge identification number)
BH 74446 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of November 2016): Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 85.4 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Update Log

September 6, 2018: Updated by Dana and Kay Klein: sequenced
March 29, 2018: New photos from Richard Doody
November 24, 2016: Added by Dave King

Sources

Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
HAER NY-184 - Saunders Street Bridge, Saunders Street, spanning Champlain Canal, Whitehall, Washington County, NY
Richard Doody
Dana and Kay Klein