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OW - Kerr's Creek Arch

Delaware County, New York

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Description 

154' long stone culvert that once carried Kerr's Creek under the NYO&W north of Walton, NY. The railroad was abandoned in 1957. Out of concern for a flood risk, the town removed the overhead embankment and rerouted the creek around the arch in 2007, leaving the arch's top exposed for the first time since its construction.

Facts 

Overview
Abandoned stone arch bridge over Kerr's Creek on New York, Ontario, & Western Railway
Location
Walton, Delaware County, New York
Status
Derelict/abandoned
History
Built 1889, fill removed and creek rerouted 2007
Railroad
- New York, Ontario, & Western Railway (OW)
Design
Stone arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 12.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.20258, -75.12606   (decimal degrees)
42°12'09" N, 75°07'34" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/489593/4672276 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Walton West
Inventory number
BH 65543 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,667)
Abandoned (3,729)
Arch (12,239)
Built 1889 (241)
Built during 1880s (2,017)
Bypassed (183)
Deck arch (11,477)
Delaware County, New York (80)
 New York (4,469)
New York, Ontario, & Western Railway (32)
Owned by township (2,781)
Railroad (15,663)
Span length under 25 feet (6,918)
Stone arch (3,099)
Walton, New York (2)

Update Log 

  • January 17, 2015: Added by Ian Martin

Sources 

  • Ian Martin
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OW - Kerr's Creek Arch
Posted March 10, 2019, by Chris Bigham (thebigham69 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

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