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Gate House Bridge

Gate House Bridge

The Gate House Bridge carries a local connecting route over the New Croton Reservoir in Yorktown Heights, New York.


The construction of the New Croton Dam in the early 20th century included the building of a steel Parker through truss and girder bridge over the Croton Reservoir to provide access between Croton Dam and Croton Lake Roads at the site of the original Croton Dam. A $ contract for the bridge’s construction was awarded to the Coleman Breuchaud & Company for the substructure and the American Bridge Company for the superstructure on February 24, 1903, 1 and the bridge was completed by the end of 1905.

This is a view of the newly completed Gate House Bridge over the old Croton Dam. 3 The original bridge over the Croton River, later submerged after the New Croton Dam was completed, is in the foreground.

The new Gate House Bridge replaced a circa 1852 three span Whipple-arch bowstring that was immediately downstream of the original Croton Dam. 2

Gate House Bridge
Gate House Bridge
Gate House Bridge
Gate House Bridge
Gate House Bridge
Gate House Bridge

Information

  • State: New York
  • Route: Gate House Bridge Road
  • Type: Parker Through Truss
  • Status: Active - Automobile
  • Total Length: 527 feet
  • Main Span Length: 396 feet
  • Deck Width: 20.3 feet
  • Above Vertical Clearance: 12.3 feet
  • Navigational Clearance:


Sources

  1. “New Highway Bridges at New Croton Reservoir.” Report to the Aqueduct Commissioners. 31 Dec. 1906, pp. 12, 55-56, 105.
  2. Holth, Nathan. “Gate House Bridge.” HistoricBridges.org, 30 Aug. 2019.

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