Abandoned Bridges of NYS

pablo wrote:The abandoned bridge leading to the BPU power plant in Jamestown, NY, is about to taken down.

How's BPU getting coal now - transload to truck?

Yes. Has been that way for a while. I don't know when that bridge went out...but it's been some time.

Dave Becker

Bridges on the abandonned Hojack Line in Webster:

A. 2 small wooden bridges on the former ROW embankment along Lake Road near the outlet bridge. One goes over a small path, while the other (further east) goes over a dirt driveway that leads from the road to a cluster of lakeside cottages. The latter bridge is near the intersection with Bay Road.

B. A much larger (steel?) bridge goes over Lake Road near this location.

C. The former Hojack ROW between Vosburg Rd and the end of OMID is now a trail with several small bridges, as well.

Along the former Upper Harlem, the trestle across the reservoir in Philmont NY is still intact, minus rails of course, as is the steel bridge over County Rt 11 in Martindale, further to the south. The bridge in Martindale has been the subject of removal due to its low clearance.

Allen wrote:Along the former Upper Harlem, the trestle across the reservoir in Philmont NY is still intact, minus rails of course, as is the steel bridge over County Rt 11 in Martindale, further to the south. The bridge in Martindale has been the subject of removal due to its low clearance.

Hmmmm.... Wouldn't it be better to simply jack the bridge up by two or three feet? Any house mover could do that. And then if they want to turn the ROW into a rail-trail later, the bridge is still there, and just needs little ramps up to it.

RussNelson wrote:All of the bridges on the Norwood, Norfolk & Waddington branch are still in place. Specifically, crossing the Raquette and Trout Brooks in Raymondville, the Grass River in Chase Mills, Brandy Brook and whatever you want to call that bay of the St. Lawrence River near Waddington. There's also a road bridge over the railroad at the Tiernon Ridge Road.

Trout Brook in Raymondville: http://russnelson.com/kif_2868.jpg
Grass River in Chase Mills: http://russnelson.com/kif_2882.jpg
St. Lawrence River bay: http://russnelson.com/kif_2894.jpg

and just for good measure, an old telegraph pole complete with OBPA no trespassing sign:
http://russnelson.com/kif_2896.jpg

Suprized to see that no one has mentioned the high line through NYC. Thats one big abondoned bridge.

Wasn't the bridge over the Genesee River near U of R campus on the Erie line? I thought the LV stayed on the east side of the river, and the Erie crossed the river and ended near Court St. between Exchange St. and the river, right under the Troup - Howell bridge?

Downstate on Long Island there are some traces of bridges along the former Wading River Branch (PJ branch east of Port Jeff), including a stone arch bridge near Rocky Point. On the former Grumman spur off the Greenport Branch there is at least one trestle bridge (this spur may be reactivated but right now it is OOS).

Further west in Nassau County and Queens there are a number of trestle bridges that used to be part of the Rockaway Beach branch, including a large elevated concrete trestle and station in Woodhaven. The Rockaway Beach line is now part of the "A" subway line, but the LIRR ROW through the boroughs is NOT the ROW followed by the A.

Ken

Would part of RT690 count being that parts of it were once part of the NYC Passenger highline threw downtown Syracuse, NY befor it became part of the highway system?

Manhattan's former NYC High Line viaduct, which was built in the mid-1930s as an elevated freight line.

In Herkimer, if you travel Route 5 East out of the 'downtown' area and over a river or creek, there is an old New York State railways interurban viaduct to your right. It's run down, of course, but quite impressive looking nonetheless.

Jim D.

I wonder if you can count a separate span of a formerly double-tracked section under this topic? If so, there's this one on the north side of Cortland:
http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=42.60933,-76.17930&z=18&t=S

I had remembered an abandoned bridge in Cortland, for the line that used to go out of town to the north-east, but they must have removed it some time in the last 30 years, because it's not there on the aerial photo here:
http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=42.60790,-76.16225&z=18&t=S

Long abandoned Marcellus & Otisco Lake still has a bridge over the Nine Mile Creek.

RussNelson wrote:

RussNelson wrote:All of the bridges on the Norwood, Norfolk & Waddington branch are still in place. Specifically, crossing the Raquette and Trout Brooks in Raymondville, the Grass River in Chase Mills, Brandy Brook and whatever you want to call that bay of the St. Lawrence River near Waddington. There's also a road bridge over the railroad at the Tiernon Ridge Road.

Trout Brook in Raymondville: http://russnelson.com/kif_2868.jpg
Grass River in Chase Mills: http://russnelson.com/kif_2882.jpg
St. Lawrence River bay: http://russnelson.com/kif_2894.jpg

and just for good measure, an old telegraph pole complete with OBPA no trespassing sign:
http://russnelson.com/kif_2896.jpg

To round out my collection:
Racquette River in Raymondville: http://flickr.com/photos/russnelson/2811886679/

and also just for good measure, an old water standpipe in Norfolk:
http://flickr.com/photos/russnelson/2812324993/

Maybe this thread needs to be translated into a flickr group with georeferenced pictures? If people agree, here's the group: http://flickr.com/groups/846606@N20/