Buffalo Skyway

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Buffalo Skyway

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Photo taken by Robert Linsdell at Flickr and transferred to Wikimedia Commons in August 2011

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

BH Photo #476710

Overview: Deck plate girder bridge over Buffalo River & Industrial Flats on New York State Route 5
Location: Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1956; rehabilitated 1976
Design: Deck plate girder
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 348.1 ft.
Total length: 5,804.4 ft. (1.1 mi.)
Deck width: 56.8 ft.
Also called: Buffalo River High Level Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +42.87279, -78.87865 (decimal degrees)
42°52'22" N, 78°52'43" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 17/673266/4748871 (zone/easting/northing)
Average daily traffic (as of 2016): 42,248
Inventory numbers: NY 1001579 (New York State bridge identification number)
BH 90007 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of December 2017): Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 73.1 (out of 100)
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