Re: (erielack) Portage Bridge near Hornell (3)

["Rich Behrendt" <rbehrendt_@_columbus.rr.com>]

Part of the effort of building a 'new' bridge is to straighten out some of 
the existing curvature/S-curves that exist north & south of the existing 
span that affect speed, which would be fixed w/a slightly different, more 
tangent alignment...

If the old bridge were to be torn down and a new one installed on the 
existing alignment, this would obviously close the line for several months, 
as removal of the old super-structure will take several months, followed by 
several months of  installation of new sub-structure, including new 
pilings/piers and abutments) as I don't think they want to reuse the 
existing.

...and if NS had to reroute traffic for at least a year, then they would be 
asking why spend the money to rebuild the bridge at all if they are able to 
reroute traffic permanently...?

Rich Behrendt
ELHS #384
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From: "Bradley Butcher" <llyengalyn_@_hotmail.com>
To: "EL Mail List" <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2008 3:21 PM
Subject: Re: (erielack) Portage Bridge near Hornell


> Yeah they have to buy new land to replace this bridge? Why can't they just 
> tear it down and rebuild it? Other then the line would be closed for 
> several weeks while they did the work.
>
>  > 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
>
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