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Forest Home Drive Bridge #1

Forest Home Drive Bridge #1

Primary Photographer(s): Nathan Holth

Bridge Documented: May 28, 2007

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Facility Carried / Feature Intersected
Forest Home Road Over Fall Creek
Location
Forest Home: Tompkins County, New York: United States
Construction Date and Builder / Engineer
1909 By Builder/Contractor: Groton Bridge Company of Groton, New York
Rehabilitation Date
1975
Main Span Length
115.8 Feet (35.3 Meters)
Structure Length
118.8 Feet (36.2 Meters)
Roadway Width
15 Feet (4.57 Meters)
Spans
1 Main Span(s)
Inventory Number
3047450

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Bridge Documentation

Some time after HistoricBridges.org documented this bridge, the bridge was altered by adding load-bearing steel stringers under the bridge, rendering the trusses decorative only.

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The New York based Owego Bridge company appears to have had a preference for the double-intersection Warren truss configuration, which is a generally rare truss configuration on a national scale. In addition, the Erie Canal stationary bridges like Day Road feature this truss configuration. Thus, the double-intersection Warren is regionally less rare in New York and northern Pennsylvania than in other areas.

The Owego Bridge Company did not build the Forest Home Road Bridge; another New York Company, the Groton Bridge Company did. It is curious, and makes one wonder if their might be a connection between the companies.


This bridge is tagged with the following special condition(s): Trusses Converted To Decorative

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