Structure 4454100 · Niagara County, NY

Canal Road over Erie Canal South Trail

Carries Canal Road over Erie Canal South Trail, 1.8 Mi East Of Lockport.

Overall conditionFair

Set by its lowest-rated component: Superstructure at 5 of 9.

How ratings work
Deck6/9 · Satisfactory
Superstructuresets the rating5/9 · Fair
Substructure7/9 · Good
Channelnot part of overall8/9 · Very Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT192 FT OVERALL25 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 6/9Superstructure 5/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 7/9

192 ft end to end: about 3 semi-trucks nose to tail. Lengths and the semi-truck on the deck are drawn to the same scale. Each part is colored by its latest inspection rating. The inventory records lengths but not heights or the layout of the shorter spans, so those are drawn as typical for a through truss.

Built1910rebuilt 1994
Length191.9 ft58.5 m
Daily traffic570counted 2021
Last inspectedSeptember 2024every 12 months

Location

StateNew York
CountyNiagara
Location1.8 Mi East Of Lockport
CarriesCanal Road
CrossesErie Canal South Trail
Coordinates43.19350, -78.63314

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel
DesignTruss - Thru
Total Length191.9 ft (58.5 m)
Max Span148.0 ft (45.1 m)
Deck Width16.7 ft (5.1 m)
Deck Area298.4 sq m
Main Spans1
Year Built1910 (reconstructed 1994)

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic570 (2021)
Truck Traffic6%
Lanes On Bridge1

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionSeptember 2024
Inspection FrequencyEvery 12 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceHistorical significance is not determined
Scour Critical5 — Stable for scour
Structure Number000000004454100

How Bridge Ratings Work

Inspectors rate each major part of a bridge (the deck you drive on, the superstructure of beams that holds it up, and the substructure of piers and abutments beneath) on a 0–9 scale. A bridge's overall condition is its lowest of those ratings, so one deteriorated component makes the whole bridge "poor."

0Failed
1Imminent failure
2Critical
3Serious
4Poor
5Fair
6Satisfactory
7Good
8Very good
9Excellent
Good · lowest component 7–9
Fair · lowest component 5–6
Poor · lowest component 0–4

A poor rating is not a closure. It means the bridge is flagged for priority repair or replacement; bridges judged unsafe are closed or posted with weight limits. The waterway (channel) rating is reported, but it does not count toward the overall classification.

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