Caneadea Bridge
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History
In 1902, a catastrophic flood washed away the previous bridge.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Shortly after, the town of Caneadea hired the Groton Iron Bridge Company for a replacement span; the new bridge was completed in November 1903.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[1]
The bridge was nominated for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion C for its engineering significance as a surviving early twentieth-century bridge.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". In a NYSDOT survey, it was the oldest and longest of two surviving camelback truss bridges in New York.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The bridge was listed on the National Register on November 19, 1998.[2]
In 1993, the Allegany County Department of Public Works declared the bridge unsafe and it was closed because the county could not afford to replace it. The closure was an inconvenience, forcing some drivers to go south and cross the river at Belfast before heading back to Caneadea. The Save the Caneadea Bridge Committee worked for the next fourteen years to raise funds for rehabilitation; an undisclosed sum was raised, plus about $550,000 in state funding. The bridge reopened in 2007, and the remaining $9,037.42 was assigned for maintenance.[1]
The bridge was closed again on June 26, 2012, because of structural deterioration.[3] In August 2012, an engineering firm was hired to study what would need to be done to reopen the bridge to traffic.[4]
Design
The bridge consists of a single-span steel truss, measuring Script error: No such module "convert"., resting on cut stone abutments. It is a pin-connected, camelback Parker truss design, set about Script error: No such module "convert". above the river. The ends of the bridge retain the original metal cresting and decorative plates bearing the bridge company name and former town names.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
See also
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- National Register of Historic Places listings in Allegany County, New York
- List of bridges and tunnels on the National Register of Historic Places in New York
References
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- Buildings and structures in Allegany County, New York
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- National Register of Historic Places in Allegany County, New York
- Steel bridges in the United States
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