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Glenerie Bridge

Ulster County, New York

Photos 

Glenerie Bridge

looking west

Photo from old postcard

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BH Photo #502012

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Lattice through truss bridge over Esopus Creek on Glasco Turnpike
Location
Ulster County, New York
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1896; Replaced 1962
Builder
- Horseheads Bridge Co. of Horseheads, New York
Design
Lattice through truss
Also called
Sauer Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.03800, -73.97170   (decimal degrees)
42°02'17" N, 73°58'18" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/585110/4654506 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 93762 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,637)
Built 1896 (291)
Built during 1890s (3,217)
Horseheads Bridge Co. (14)
Lattice through truss (663)
Lattice truss (696)
Lost (29,057)
Lost 1962 (104)
 Lost during 1960s (996)
New York (4,911)
Owned by township (3,304)
Replaced by new bridge (19,753)
Through truss (17,190)
Truss (35,939)
Ulster County, New York (144)

Update Log 

  • July 28, 2021: Updated by Luke: Added build date, alt name, and confirmed Tony's builder guess
  • July 28, 2021: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added truss type
  • July 28, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs

Sources 

  • Geoff Hubbs
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Luke
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Comments 

Glenerie Bridge
Posted July 29, 2021, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Thanks for the detective work on this one Luke! There were a few Lattice trusses that turned up yesterday which had been in Central New York. I wonder if perhaps this was Horseheads "truss of choice" for a time.