Gate House Bridge

Photos 

Photo taken by John Reidy

Enlarge

BH Photo #132087

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview

Through truss bridge over New Croton Resvervoir in Yorktown Heights

Location

Yorktown Heights, Westchester County, New York

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1904

Builders

- American Bridge Co. of New York
- Coleman Breuchaud & Co. (Masonry)

Design

Pin-connected, 12-panel Parker through truss

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 396.0 ft.
Total length: 534.8 ft.
Deck width: 20.3 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.3 ft.

Also called

New Croton Reservoir Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+41.23402, -73.80131   (decimal degrees)
41°14'02" N, 73°48'05" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

18/600454/4565428 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Ossining

Average daily traffic (as of 1995)

317

Inventory numbers

NY 2262070 (New York State bridge identification number)
BH 27130 (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: 29 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Update Log 

• July 27, 2020: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
• June 4, 2020: New photo from Patrick Gurwell
• May 14, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
• April 24, 2020: New photo from Chester Gehman
• June 27, 2014: Updated by Luke Harden: Corrected name, added builders from Plaque
• June 27, 2014: New Street View added by Ralph Demars

Related Bridges 

• Croton Reservoir Bridge (Predecessor)

Sources 

• John Reidy
• Luke
• Chester Gehman - gehmanc2000 [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Geoff Hubbs
• Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com
• Gate House Bridge - HistoricBridges.org

Comments