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Re: (erielack) Portage Bridge near Hornell (2)
The Portage Bridge has slowly been deteriorating ever since the EL used it,
and although some remedial repairs have been done since then under CR and
NS, the bridge structure and substructure continue to deteriorate, and at
some point minor repairs and band-aids won't help...
There has been a 10mph speed restriction for as long as I can recall, and my
understanding is that NS is working on plans for a new span The last that I
heard they were working through the environmental issues, but the price tag
will be substantial for not just building a new span, but for acquiring ROW
as well, plus add in the fact that the span is within Letchworth State
park...
Rich Behrendt
ELHS #384
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Don" <donaldliotta_@_gmail.com>
To: "'EL Mail List'" <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 9:39 AM
Subject: (erielack) Portage Bridge near Hornell
>I was just reading the August Railpace and there's a blurb in the middle of
> page 47 claiming that a bridge on the north of Hornell on the old Erie
> line
> to Buffalo, referred to as the Portage Bridge, is in bad shape and the
> viability of the NS line from Binghamton to Buffalo is in jeopardy.
>
> Does anyone else know the story behind this? I doubt the line is in
> "jeopardy". I would think the state of New York and NS would work together
> to get it fixed; the state is the main reason the line survives to this
> day.
>
> Does anyone have a picture and/or stats on this Portage Bridge?
>
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