The Oswego Bridge Street Bridge Project

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The Bridge Street Bridge in Oswego, NY is being replaced over the next 10 or so months. The last time it was overhauled was in the '60s. The bridge is part of NY Route 104, a main East/West route along Lake Ontario, and part of the Seaway Trail, one of NY's Byways. With the city of Oswego divided between the East & West sides of the river, the college of 9,000+ on the West & Walmart on the East, and a Harborfest festival that takes place on both sides of the river and invites close to 300,000 visitors, the loss of the main artery across the river will slow things down a bit. Traffic is detoured on the Utica Street bridge, one block south of route 104, and the city has done its best to plan for the new routing; so far things are far smoother than expected. I'll try to post images of the rebuilding process as often as possible.

It's Closed! 4/1/08	It's Closed! 4/1/08	Work Is Starting 4/10/08	The Cranes Move In 4/17/08
4/17/08	The Cranes Move In 4/17/08	The Cranes Move In 4/17/08	Busting Concrete 4/18/08
Busting Concrete 4/18/08	Moving Slabs 4/18/08	Busting Concrete 4/18/08	Still Working 5/9/08

As the work continues to remove the old bridge, they are already delivering & setting in place the new steel beams that will support the new one. I also included a photo of the Utica street bridge to show the typical back up around lunch time. For those familiar with Oswego, the traffic is backed up from East 1st street to West 7th. Most of the time it os a one or two traffic light wait, but during peak times is is longer. Should be interesting this saturday with the college graduation taking place on the west side of the river & most of the hotel rooms on the east.

1/3 Gone 5/15/08	Adding a New Beam 5/15/08	A New Beam Arrives 5/15/08	Utica Street Backup 12:30 5/15/08

Not a lot of changes over the last month, at least visible. They are welding pipes, but haven't torn up any more of the main pavement.

View From HSBC 6/13/08	Welding Pipe 6/13/08	6/13/08

The word is the entire deck of the bridge will be gone by the end of next week (July 4th). The west end is already gone as of today (6/26/08).

Looking South	Looking West 6/26/08	6/26/08