This is the Onondaga Lake Parkway bridge. Passing under the bridge is NY Route 370, though as a kid I knew it as NY Route 57.
Built in 1871, the bridge originally carried trains over the Oswego Canal along side Onondaga Lake. The canal was filled in in the early 1900s and the parkway built over the filled in canal.
When I was younger, a truck would occasionally hit the bridge. Drivers would ignore the low clearance warnings and still go down the parkway, even though the clearance has been well marked for decades. The bridge is 10 feet, 9 inches above the roadbed.
Since the adoption of GPS and associated apps, the bridge get hits on a frighteningly regular basis, despite flashing lights, an incredible number of signs, and other warning devices.
The bridge has been dubbed “The Champ”, as though it is 154 years old, the steel bridge with stone abutments still stands strong. The trucks never have a chance.
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