Broad Street Aqueduct and Bridge
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sagefemme
N 43° 09.280 W 077° 36.628
18T E 287754 N 4781298
Also known on the National Registry of Historic Places as Erie Canal: Second Genesee Aquaduct.
Waymark Code: WMDA37
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 12/12/2011
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This bridge deserves to be cross-listed in all applicable categories. It's a stone bridge, it's an arched bridge, it's on the National Register of historic places (New York). It's also an aquaduct, which once carried the Erie Canal across the Genesee River just downstream of the Lower Falls. Here is the plaque describing the bridge as National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark (see photo):
"The Erie Canal
begun at Rome, NY, July 4, 1817 - Completed 1825
Benjamin Wright (1770-1842) Chief Engineer
ASCE 1967"
the National Register of Historic Places plaque reads:
"Lower level completed in 1842
Outstanding example of Erie Canal construction and engineering built in conjunction with the first major improvement and enlargement of the canal.
Nathan S. Roberts (1776-1852) Engineer
Dedicated October 26, 1975"
What type of traffic does this bridge support?: motor vehicles
What kind of gap does this bridge cross?:
river
Date constructed: 1842
Is the bridge still in service for its original purpose?: No, its original lower level was an aqueduct, carrying the Erie Canal over the Genesee river, which is now dry
Name of road or trail the bridge services: Broad Street
Location:
Rochester, NY
Length of bridge: Not listed
Height of bridge: Not listed
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