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DL&W - Lower Buffalo River Drawbridge

Erie County, New York

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DL&W - Buffalo Creek Bridge

Raised

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in May 2015

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BH Photo #326314

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Overview
Lost Warren through truss bascule bridge over Buffalo Creek on Delaware Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Location
Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Status
Removed
History
Built in 1913
Builders
- Pennsylvania Steel Co. of Steelton, Pennsylvania
- Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois
Railroad
- Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (DLW)
Design
Warren through truss bascule
Dimensions
Total length: 110.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.86144, -78.84496   (decimal degrees)
42°51'41" N, 78°50'42" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/676051/4747680 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Buffalo SE
Inventory number
BH 50877 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bascule (1,067)
Buffalo, New York (68)
Built 1913 (866)
Built during 1910s (9,680)
Deck girder (5,782)
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (206)
Erie County, New York (212)
Girder (10,306)
Have street view (27,081)
Lost (25,035)
Machinery Counterweight Bridge Tower (40)
Movable (2,990)
 New York (4,447)
Pennsylvania Steel Co. (155)
Plate girder (7,990)
Railroad (15,613)
Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. (173)
Strauss Heel Trunnion Bascule (53)
Through truss (15,202)
Total length 100-125 feet (5,192)
Truss (32,997)
Warren through truss (1,617)
Warren truss (6,583)

Update Log 

  • January 5, 2021: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • June 21, 2019: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • January 16, 2018: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • December 18, 2016: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • December 17, 2016: New photo from Luke
  • August 7, 2016: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
  • August 7, 2016: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • September 6, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • August 17, 2015: Updated by Luke: Added image
  • August 17, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • August 2, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • June 1, 2015: New photos from Douglas Butler
  • August 1, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • August 24, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Railroad", "Navigable waterway"
  • January 9, 2012: Added by Frank Hicks

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