Ferry Street Bridge (Buffalo)

The Ferry Street Bridge was constructed across the Black Rock Canal, in Buffalo, New York, in 1913.^[1]

Ferry Street Bridge crosses the Black Rock Canal in Buffalo, NY.

The bridge is a bascule bridge, a kind of lift bridge, built by the Strauss Bascule Bridge Company, and is considered a rare and historic design.^[2]

The bridge underwent a rebuild from 2014 to 2016.^[3][4] The rebuild cost $8 million.^[3][5]

References

1. "Ferry Street Lift Bridge: Foot of Ferry Street (renamed Robert Rich Way), Buffalo, NY". Buffalo History. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
2. "West Ferry Street Bascule Bridge". Buffalo Rising. 2016-06-06. Retrieved 2019-11-09. I was happy to come across a wayfinding sign that explained the history of the bridge. The sign gave some insight into the design and history of the bridge, as well as the man behind its construction – Joseph Baermann Strauss.
3. Jeff Russo (2015-10-02). ""What's going on with..." Ferry Street Bridge". WKBW-TV. Retrieved 2019-11-09. 'What you are seeing now is part of a $8.5 million project. We are doing the painting now. We have done the stripping of the metal,' said Stepniak. 'The majority of it has been structural with some mechanical repairs. They are all going on schedule.'
4. Michael Mroziak (2017-04-25). "Shoreline Trail bridge now open for bicyclists, pedestrians". WBFO. Retrieved 2019-11-09. Other projects either completed or still in progress include a reconnection of Front Park by removing Baird Drive, rehabilitation of the Ferry Street Bridge connecting Niagara Street and Broderick Park, rehabilitation of Bird Island Pier, reconstruction of the Niagara Street Corridor that includes the introduction of bike lanes and the dredging of Black Rock Channel.
5. Marian Hetherly (2016-07-19). "Ferry Street Life Bridge reopens after $8 million reconstruction". WBFO. Retrieved 2019-10-26. The first was the re-opening of the Ferry Street Lift Bridge, which underwent an $8 million reconstruction.

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