Fairport Lift Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Vertical lift bridge over Erie Canal on Main Street (NY 250) in Fairport
- Location
- Fairport, Monroe County, New York
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1914; rehabilitated 1988, 2021
- Builders
- - F.T. Williams
- H.S. Kerbaugh
- Lackawanna Bridge Co. of Buffalo, New York
- Design
- Vertical lift, supports raise up out of the ground to lift the bridge. Polygonal Warren truss is both skewed and inclined, so that no two angles are the same, and none of them are square.
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 138.8 ft.
Total length: 159.8 ft.
Deck width: 36.7 ft.
- Skew angle
- 32 degrees
- Recognition
- Listed as a contributing resource to the New York State Canal System Historic District
- Also called
- Erie Canal Bridge
Main Street Bridge - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +43.10139, -77.44194 (decimal degrees)
43°06'05" N, 77°26'31" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/301284/4774968 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Fairport
- Average daily traffic (as of 2018)
- 11,216
- Inventory numbers
- NY 4443220 (New York State bridge identification number)
BH 26268 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of October 2018)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 70.6 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- April 25, 2022: Updated by Roger Deschner: Renamed bridge to match Wikipedia, Add NRHP info, builders, truss type, links to many more photos
- March 22, 2017: New photos from Dana and Kay Klein
- March 21, 2017: New photos from Dana and Kay Klein
- March 20, 2017: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
- December 27, 2016: New photo from Dave King
- October 12, 2013: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
- March 16, 2011: New photos from Frank Hicks
Related Bridges
- Erie Canal Lift Bridge (Old) (Predecessor)
Sources
- Frank Hicks
- Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
- Douglas Butler
- Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Dana and Kay Klein
- Wikipedia
- The Erie Canal - Fairport Lift Bridge - Description, and many photos of both raised and lowered positions
- Roger Deschner - rogerdeschner [at] gmail [dot] com
Comments
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Hey Dana
so what got you interested in bridges?
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/ny/monroe/4443220/
This bridge, locally known as the Main street Lift Bridge, was designed by FT Williams, Manufactured by Lackawanna Bridge Company, and the local Contractor was HS Kerbaugh.
It is unique, as it is on a skew of 35 degrees but also a grade rise of 4% to eliminate a long approach ramp. This results in a structure with absolutely no square corners.
Ref: Fairport History Museum, and Erie Canal.org