Talk:Kingston–Port Ewen Suspension Bridge

A fact from Kingston–Port Ewen Suspension Bridge appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 4 April 2006. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Kingston-Port Ewen Suspension Bridge opened in 1921 to complete U.S. Route 9W, was built in part by a female welder?

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Kingston – Port Ewen Suspension Bridge is at 41°55′02″N 73°59′03″W / 41.91716°N 73.984165°W / 41.91716; -73.984165

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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)[reply]

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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 %