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Howland Island Road Bridge

Cayuga County, New York

Photos 

Seneca River Bridge

Photo taken by Jack Schmidt in May 2014

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BH Photo #311479

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Parker through truss bridge over Seneca River on Howland Island Road
Location
Cayuga County, New York
Status
Derelict/abandoned
History
Built 1913; rehabilitated 1952
Design
Parker through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 158.1 ft.
Total length: 410.1 ft.
Deck width: 15.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.06757, -76.66808   (decimal degrees)
43°04'03" N, 76°40'05" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/364185/4769668 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Montezuma
Inventory numbers
NY 4431040 (New York State bridge identification number)
BH 50938 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (3,650)
Built 1913 (860)
Built during 1910s (9,636)
Cayuga County, New York (44)
New York (4,402)
Owned by state (15,986)
Parker through truss (1,296)
Parker truss (1,677)
 Pratt through truss (5,392)
Pratt truss (9,299)
Seneca River (18)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,222)
Structurally deficient (14,198)
Through truss (15,065)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,229)
Truss (32,788)

Update Log 

  • April 19, 2017: Updated by Sherman Cahal: Name change.
  • January 1, 2015: New photos from Jack Schmidt
  • January 14, 2012: Updated by J.P.: corrected Design

Sources 

  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
  • Sherman Cahal
  • Flickr - Photo by Carol in 2010
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Comments 

Seneca River Bridge
Posted January 14, 2012, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

It's a Parker...sandwiched between Pratt trusses.

Seneca River Bridge
Posted January 14, 2012, by J.P.

Bing view here, http://binged.it/wK5rP2

Not sure on the main span design.