Talk:Kingston-Port Ewen Suspension Bridge

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• Kingston-Port Ewen Suspension Bridge is at coordinates 41°55′02″N 73°59′03″W / 41.91716, -73.984165 (Kingston-Port Ewen Suspension Bridge)Coordinates: 41°55′02″N 73°59′03″W / 41.91716, -73.984165 (Kingston-Port Ewen Suspension Bridge)

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From National Bridge Inventory:

• ID#: 1007350, intersects: DOCK STREET, RONDOUT CRE, location: 12.5MI N JCT RTS 9W+299
• Owner: State Highway Agency, Maintainer: same. Toll: No
• Built: 1921.
• Avg. daily traffic: 15,700 (1975)
• Material: Steel continous, Type: Suspension
• Main Span length: 323.6 meters = 1 061.67979 feet

(thanks User:Cacophony for the NBI data) ++Lar: t/c 21:16, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] More from the NBI

This link will get you there: http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_result.php?StateCode=36&FacilityCarried=WURTS+STREET

Note this is on the National Register of Historic Places... but with a sufficiency rating of 2% it's at risk...

NBI data is US government and therefore not copyrighted.

• Place Name: Kingston, New York
• NBI Structure Number: 000000001007350

• Facility Carried: WURTS STREET
• Feature Intersected: DOCK STREET, RONDOUT CRE
• Location: 12.5MI N JCT RTS 9W+299

• Year Built: 1921, Reconstructed: 1974

• This bridge is On the National Register of Historic Places

• Owned and maintained by: State Highway Agency

• Functional Classification: Urban Minor Arterial
• Service On Bridge: Highway
• Service Under Bridge: Highway-waterway
• Lanes On Structure: 2
• Lanes Under Structure: 1

• Structure Length: 323.6 m
• Bridge Roadway Width: 7 m
• Operating Rating: 5 Metric Tons
• Navigation Vertical Clearance: 21.3 m
• Minimum Vertical Underclearance: 15.99 m over Highway
• Number of Spans in Main Unit: 3 Spans
• Material Design: Steel continuous
• Design Construction: Suspension

• Deck Condition: Poor Condition
• Superstructure Condition: Fair Condition
• Substructure Condition: Fair Condition
• Scour: Foundations determined to be stable for assessed scour conditions
• Bridge Railing: Meets currently acceptable standards.

• Structural Evaluation: Basically intolerable requiring high priority of corrective action
• Water Adequacy Evaluation: Equal to present desirable criteria

• Average Daily Traffic: 15700
• Year of Average Daily Traffic: 1975
• Sufficiency Rating: 2 %