The Knowlesville Lift Bridge is a
Warren truss vertical-lift bridge on the
New York State Canal System.
Structure and location
The Knowlesville Lift Bridge is located on Knowlesville Road in
Ridgeway,
New York
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, and is a part of the
New York State Canal System (formerly known as the New York State Barge Canal).
The
vertical-lift bridge is a
Warren truss with a length of sitting on
concrete abutments, and has an open grate deck.
The east side of the bridge has a truss erected in 1964 used to carry a gas pipeline across the
Erie Canal.
It has a normal water surface elevation of , and a normal overhead clearance of . According to the New York State Department of Transportation, 1,100 vehicles use the bridge daily.
History
The
contract for building the bridge was awarded to the Thomas Crimmins Contracting Company of New York, and machinery operating the bridge was installed in 1910.
The bridge was rehabilitated, and a new control building was built, in 1975. In 1985, the bridge's electrical systems were rehabilitated.
The bridge was closed for steel repairs in November 2017 and reopened the following year in June 2018.
See also
*
List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in New York
*
List of Vertical-lift bridges This is a list of vertical-lift bridges.
Australia
* Ryde Bridge – road – Ryde, New South Wales – opened 1935, still used by road traffic but no longer lifts
* Hexham Bridge – road – Hexham, New South Wales – opened 1952
* Harwood ...
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Vertical-lift bridge
*
Warren truss
References
External links
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Erie Canal
Historic American Engineering Record in New York (state)
Vertical lift bridges in New York (state)
Warren truss bridges in the United States