Long Lane Road Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Abandoned lenticular pony truss bridge over Cohocton River on Long Lane Road
- Location
- Steuben County, New York
- Status
- Derelict/abandoned
- History
- Built C. 1890 by Berlin Iron Bridge Co. Abandoned with construction of Interstate 390 c. 1973
- Builder
- - Berlin Iron Bridge Co. of East Berlin, Connecticut
- Design
- Lenticular pony truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.45507, -77.47206 (decimal degrees)
42°27'18" N, 77°28'19" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/296728/4703265 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Avoca
- Inventory number
- BH 77547 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- May 27, 2018: New photos from Dana and Kay Klein
- May 5, 2018: New photos from Chester Gehman
- June 7, 2017: New photos from Dana and Kay Klein
- June 6, 2017: Added by Michael Quiet
Related Bridges
- LAL - Cohocton River Bridge (Downstream)
Sources
- Michael Quiet - mquiet [at] gmail [dot] com
- Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
- Dana and Kay Klein
- Chester Gehman - gehmanc2000 [at] yahoo [dot] com
Comments
Thanks for getting out to this one so fast Dana! Glad to see and hear that's it's still in good condition. Now if only we could get it rehabilitated and preserved...
Some lenticular truss bridges (not this one) also have a false bottom chord, which is actually an edge bracing.
This bridge has a bit of an optical illusion. Typical of a Lenticular truss, the bottom chord is above the deck. The heavier horizontal member is actually a deck stringer. The Lenticular bottom chord is very lightweight compared to the stringer. In this respect, a Lenticular truss can fool you into thinking that it is a Parker if you cannot see the bottom chord.
Other than the deck this bridge is in remarkably good shape. Looks like it was abandoned not because of condition but because it doesn't actually go anywhere anymore.
Always happy to add an extant Lenticular pony truss, even if it is abandoned! While looking for info online I was also happy to find that the HistoricBridges team has already documented this bridge. Pictures and info here:
http://historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=ne...
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/ny/steuben/long-lane-road/
Looks like it wintered well.