Facts
- Overview
- Bascule bridge over Gowanus Canal on 3rd Street in New York
- Location
- New York, Kings County, New York
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1903; rehabilitated 1954
- Design
- Bascule
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 55.8 ft.
Total length: 105.0 ft.
Deck width: 29.9 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.67611, -73.99000 (decimal degrees)
40°40'34" N, 73°59'24" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/585357/4503293 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Brooklyn
- Inventory numbers
- NY 2240250 (New York State bridge identification number)
BH 26197 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 06/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 49.1 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2003)
- 9,905