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Beach Road Bridge

Tompkins County, New York

Photos 

Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.ny1757

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #210911

Map 

Street View 

Description 

Dimensions are of the original bridge before it was retrofitted for pedestrian use.

Facts 

Overview
Bowstring pony truss bridge over West Branch Cayuga Inlet on Beach Road
Location
Newfield, Tompkins County, New York
Status
Open to pedestrians
History
Built 1873 by the King Bridge Co. Preserved as a pedestrian bridge in 2003.
Builder
- King Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio
Design
Bowstring pony truss
Dimensions
Total length: 60.0 ft.
Deck width: 12.0 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.36137, -76.59403   (decimal degrees)
42°21'41" N, 76°35'39" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/368734/4691130 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
West Danby
Inventory number
BH 49441 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (9,802)
Bowstring pony truss (390)
Bowstring truss (750)
Built 1873 (147)
Built during 1870s (1,528)
Have street view (30,595)
King Bridge Co. (480)
NR-eligible (4,128)
New York (5,330)
 Newfield, New York (1)
Open to pedestrians (4,715)
Owned by city (6,316)
Pony truss (17,633)
Preserved (1,254)
Tompkins County, New York (71)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,928)
Truss (38,718)

Update Log 

  • May 5, 2018: New photo from Chester Gehman
  • May 4, 2018: Updated by Chester Gehman: Changed "Beech Road" to "Beach Road"
  • October 21, 2016: New photos from Dana and Kay Klein
  • October 16, 2016: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
  • August 28, 2011: Added by James McCray

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