The Upside-Down Bridge
The Falls Road departs east out of Lockport, New York crossing the Erie Canal on the locally famous "upside-down bridge" with the twice-weekly local to Brockport. In the background, Lock #34 is open for a tugboat loaded with a single excavator that will climb the Niagara Escarpment on the double locks and head west on the canal.
The unique deck truss bridge was built in 1902 to carry the NYC Falls Road over the Erie Canal. According to legend, the bridge was built this way as an attempt to decimate barge traffic on the canal by preventing taller loads from passing through. Nonetheless, despite fierce competition from the railroads, the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway, the evolution of the Interstate highway system, and not to mention the significant loss of traffic over the last century, the Erie Canal has miraculously remained open for commercial traffic almost 200 years after it was originally built.
The Upside-Down Bridge
The Falls Road departs east out of Lockport, New York crossing the Erie Canal on the locally famous "upside-down bridge" with the twice-weekly local to Brockport. In the background, Lock #34 is open for a tugboat loaded with a single excavator that will climb the Niagara Escarpment on the double locks and head west on the canal.
The unique deck truss bridge was built in 1902 to carry the NYC Falls Road over the Erie Canal. According to legend, the bridge was built this way as an attempt to decimate barge traffic on the canal by preventing taller loads from passing through. Nonetheless, despite fierce competition from the railroads, the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway, the evolution of the Interstate highway system, and not to mention the significant loss of traffic over the last century, the Erie Canal has miraculously remained open for commercial traffic almost 200 years after it was originally built.