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Amherst Street Bridge

Erie County, New York

Photo 

Amherst Street Bridge

Photo from The Buffalo History Museum

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

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BH Photo #474275

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Bowstring through truss bridge over Erie Canal on Amherst Street
Location
Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Status
Removed but not replaced
History
Built 1857
Builders
- J.M. Whipple
- Squire Whipple of Albany, New York
Design
Bowstring through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 117.2 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.93393, -78.90388   (decimal degrees)
42°56'02" N, 78°54'14" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/671037/4755609 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 89654 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (9,635)
Bowstring through truss (367)
Bowstring truss (737)
Buffalo, New York (73)
Built 1857 (79)
Built during 1850s (668)
Cast iron (121)
Erie County, New York (245)
J.M. Whipple (3)
Lost (31,819)
 New York (5,241)
Owned by city (6,284)
Pin-connected (5,427)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,682)
Squire Whipple (54)
Through truss (19,037)
Truss (38,324)
Whipple Cast+Wrought Iron Arch/Bowstring (65)
Wrought Iron (489)

Update Log 

  • October 26, 2022: Updated by Paul Plassman: Added build date and span length
  • August 14, 2022: Updated by Paul Plassman: Added categories "Pin-connected", "Cast iron", "Wrought Iron"
  • November 19, 2021: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added category "Whipple Cast+Wrought Iron Arch/Bowstring"
  • June 22, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs

Sources 

  • Geoff Hubbs
  • Paul Plassman

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