Croton Dam Spillway Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Steel arch bridge over Croton Reservoir Outlet on Croton Dam Road
- Location
- Westchester County, New York
- Status
- Open to pedestrians only
- History
- Built 1904; replaced 1976, replaced again 2005
- Builders
- - Baltimore Bridge Co. of Baltimore, Maryland (1904 steel arch span)
- Hardesty & Hanover of New York, New York (Design, 2005 arch span)
- Design
- Steel arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 212.0 ft.
Total length: 213.9 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.22750, -73.85694 (decimal degrees)
41°13'39" N, 73°51'25" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/595802/4564642 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Ossining
- Average daily traffic (as of 2018)
- 9
- Inventory numbers
- NY 2265510 (New York State bridge identification number)
BH 27092 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of October 2018)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Excellent (9 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 93 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- December 15, 2022: New photo from Patrick Gurwell
- March 6, 2022: New photos from Dave King
- June 4, 2020: New photo from Patrick Gurwell
- November 27, 2019: Updated by Nathan Holth: Added designer.
- April 2, 2018: New photos from Josh Schmid
- March 31, 2018: Updated by Josh Schmid: Open to peds
- December 19, 2017: New photos from Peter Dispensa
- February 28, 2017: New Street View added by Luke
- February 27, 2017: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
- October 29, 2015: New Street View added by Elliott Johnson
- January 3, 2013: Updated by Nathan Holth: Added builder for 1904 span.
Sources
- John Reidy
- Additional Photos - Includes Views That Show Bridge In Relation To Dam.
- Nathan Holth
- Elliott Johnson - elliottsgon15 [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Dana and Kay Klein
- Luke
- Josh Schmid
- Article About Bridges - Includes photo of the 1975 bridge.
- New Croton Dam Spillway Bridge Hardesty and Hanover
- Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com
- Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
Comments
The bridge is open to bikes and pedestrians. I go there every now and then. It's a popular site on weekends. I was there yesterday (2/26/17)
Wikipedia says this:
...because of the September 11 attacks on New York City, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection proposed permanent closure of the road across the top of the dam. Pedestrians and emergency vehicles were allowed to use New Croton Dam Road, but all other traffic was re-routed. The department made plans to replace temporary vehicle barriers with permanent barriers after completion of a New Croton Dam Rehabilitation Project in 2011.
In excellent condition?....Why is is closed to all traffic?
What a beautiful bridge and in a great setting. Thanks for the pictures.
Steve
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/ny/westchester/2265510/
Beautiful bridge, and I think closing it to vehicle traffic was smart to prevent a terrorist attack. I want to keep locations looking nice, and they did the right thing to build a new bridge and keep the old one for pedestrian and cycling traffic