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Washington Street Bridge

Monroe County, New York

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Overview

Photo taken August 2007

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BH Photo #188708

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Street View 

Description 

The Washington Street Lift Bridge (also known as the Adams Basin Lift Bridge) was rehabilitated during 2006-2007. It had to be parked and shored in the up position during its time of inoperability and renovation so as not to impede boat traffic on the Erie Canal. It was finally able to be lowered and reopened to vehicular traffic in December 2006, and cosmetic work continued into the summer of 2007. The bridge is not manned full time, and is not presently capable of remote operation. Boat traffic needing it to lift must call the nearby Union Street Lift Bridge operator in Spencerport via marine VHF or cellular phone, and they then drive to this bridge to open it.

Reopening reported by NY Stat DOT here: https://www.nysdot.gov/portal/page/portal/news/press-release...

Facts 

Overview
Vertical lift bridge over Erie Canal on Washington Street
Location
Monroe County, New York
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1912; rehabilitated 2006-07
Design
Warren pony truss vertical lift
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 118.8 ft.
Total length: 144.7 ft.
Deck width: 18.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 8.0 ft.
Also called
Adams Basin Lift Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.19556, -77.85389   (decimal degrees)
43°11'44" N, 77°51'14" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/268117/4786485 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Spencerport
Average daily traffic (as of 2015)
2,629
Inventory numbers
NY 4443590 (New York State bridge identification number)
BH 26294 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of September 2017)
Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Excellent (9 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 74.5 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Built 1912 (825)
Built during 1910s (9,636)
Erie Canal (137)
Have street view (26,951)
Monroe County, New York (145)
Movable (2,975)
Navigable waterway (2,152)
New York (4,402)
Open (39,886)
Owned by state (15,996)
 Pony truss (16,186)
Riveted (2,167)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,398)
Squire Whipple lift type (31)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,921)
Truss (32,800)
Vertical lift (420)
Warren pony truss (3,359)
Warren truss (6,567)

Update Log 

  • May 16, 2016: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
  • December 10, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
  • January 8, 2015: New photos from Jack Schmidt
  • August 28, 2013: New photo from Douglas Butler

Sources 

  • Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
  • Douglas Butler
  • Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net

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