| Posted by FSWood on September 13, 2018 | |
At this point in time the Google Maps satellite view shows beginning of construction of the Genesee Arch Bridge, which was dedicated in May this year according to articles found on websites of Trains magazine and Railway Age. Google Street view currently dates from June 2014 and shows the old steel bridge of mixed girder and truss sections.
From Railway Age, "May 24, 2018 Class I, Freight, Intermodal, M/W, Safety, Short Lines & Regionals
Bridge to the future over falling water Written by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief
Norfolk Southern and New York State on May 24 dedicated the new Genesee Arch Bridge on NS’s Southern Tier Line (ex-Conrail, ex-Erie), which spans the 235-foot-deep Genesee River Gorge, known as the “Grand Canyon of the East.”
Surrounded by scenic Letchworth State Park, the $75 million, 963-foot-long steel arch railroad bridge “expands freight rail capacity and economic opportunities for businesses and communities” across New York State’s Southern Tier and Finger Lakes regions, NS noted. Constructed through a public-private partnership, the single-track span replaces the Portageville Bridge, a 19th-century-era structure that restricted train speeds and railcar weights “and had become a major transportation bottleneck.”"
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FSWood,
That is correct, the new bridge is now open and the old one removed. Unfortunately, the park entrance and road you saw on street view have not yet reopened to the public so I have not gotten to shoot the new bridge on one of my chases.
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