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Union Street - Erie Canal Lift Bridge

Monroe County, New York

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Photo taken by Bob Melville

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BH Photo #154929

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Overview
Vertical lift bridge over Erie Canal on Union St. (N.Y.S. Rte. 259) in Spencerport
Location
Spencerport, Monroe County, New York
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1914; rehabilitated 1972
Design
Vertical lift
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 118.8 ft.
Total length: 140.8 ft.
Deck width: 18.4 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.19306, -77.80028   (decimal degrees)
43°11'35" N, 77°48'01" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/272463/4786061 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Spencerport
Average daily traffic (as of 2015)
15,374
Inventory numbers
NY 4443230 (New York State bridge identification number)
BH 26269 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of October 2018)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 95 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Built 1914 (849)
Built during 1910s (9,973)
Erie Canal (148)
Have street view (28,916)
Monroe County, New York (162)
Movable (3,115)
Navigable waterway (2,204)
New York (4,893)
Open (40,969)
Owned by state (16,563)
Pony truss (17,017)
 Skewed (5,012)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,554)
Spencerport, New York (4)
Squire Whipple lift type (32)
Total length 125-175 feet (6,188)
Truss (35,500)
Vertical lift (428)
Warren pony truss (3,559)
Warren pony truss with no verticals (66)
Warren truss (7,004)

Update Log 

  • December 21, 2020: New photo from J.R. Manning
  • July 19, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • November 21, 2018: New photo from Dana and Kay Klein
  • January 8, 2015: New photos from Jack Schmidt
  • January 29, 2014: Updated by CANALLER: Added Info.
  • January 27, 2014: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
  • April 16, 2009: Updated by Anthony Dillon

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Bob Melville - wrm [at] rochester [dot] rr [dot] com
  • Douglas Butler
  • Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
  • Dana and Kay Klein
  • Geoff Hubbs
  • J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net

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