Main Street Bridges over Genesee River in Rochester, NY

(Archived Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges; Satellite)

Street View, Jun 2017

When I first saw this photo, I figured it was someplace in Europe. But it is in Rochester, NY.

Unforgettable Century posted

Main Street Bridge in Rochester, New York.

Demolished in the 1960s.

Bridges Now and Then posted
Rochester, New York's, Main Street Bridge, 1922. (Rochester Museum and Science Center)

Mark Graczyk posted
Aerial view of Genesee River running through downtown Rochester, N.Y., circa 1930.

These two clippings from BridgesOfTheGeneseeRiver show the buildings on the Main Street Bridge. The buildings along the river were cleared out by an urban renewal project in the 1960s.

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Photo taken by Bob Melville via BridgeHunter
The longer spans in this 231' (70m) long bridge are 45' (13.7m) long.