ERIE - Portage Viaduct (1875)

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Facts 

Overview

Pratt deck truss bridge over Genesee River on Erie Railroad

Location

Wyoming County, New York, and Livingston County, New York

Status

Replaced by a new bridge

History

Built 1875; Replaced 1903

Builders

- George S. Morison of New Bedford, Massachusetts (Resident Engineer of Eastern Division of Erie Railroad)
- Octave Chanute of Paris, France (Designer)
- Watson Manufacturing Co. of Paterson, New Jersey

Railroad

- Erie Railroad (ERIE)

Design

Pratt deck truss

Approximate latitude, longitude

+42.57763, -78.04961   (decimal degrees)
42°34'39" N, 78°02'59" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

17/742130/4718132 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Portageville

Inventory number

BH 79680 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Update Log 

• July 17, 2019: Updated by Nathan Holth: Added George Morison as being involved with bridge.
• December 11, 2017: Added by Luke
• September 14, 2016: Added by Dave King

Related Bridges 

• ERIE - Portage Viaduct (1852) (Predecessor)
• NS - Portage Viaduct (1903) (Successor)

Sources 

• Nathan Holth
• Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
• Luke

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