Baldwinsville, N.Y. — A pedestrian bridge being taken to Buffalo by boat arrived in Baldwinsville this evening.
At 6 a.m. the boat left Sylvan Beach and entered Oneida Lake. It reached Brewerton at Lock 23 at around 9:45 a.m.
The tug-and-barge system delivering the bridge arrived at Lock 24 in Baldwinsville at 7:50 p.m. Wednesday.
People gathered on a bridge overlooking the water to see the bridge. A man on the barge held up a Buffalo Bills flag.
The barge will be in Baldwinsville overnight. Crews will return to take the bridge for its next portion of the journey around 8:30 Thursday morning. The second half of the bridge will also arrive around 8:30 a.m.
People gather to see a pedestrian bridge being taken to Buffalo by boat in Baldwinsville on July 10, 2024.Sunny Hernandez
The lock is right in the center of the village. It will be the easiest access point for viewing and the closest place for people from Syracuse to see the bridge, according to the list of spots.
Carver Companies is delivering the bridge to Buffalo’s Ralph Wilson Park. The company is posting time of arrival updates to its Facebook and Instagram pages.
The 266-foot bridge was originally built in Italy, crossed the ocean and up the Hudson River to the Erie Canal. When it is installed this fall, it will be a new entryway for pedestrians into Ralph Wilson Park across I-190 from Fourth Street.
The 266-foot pedestrian bridge has spent the last year being built by international firm Cimolai at a facility in Italy, an hour north of Venice.
Here are the viewing spots still to come on the bridge’s journey through July 15:
- Lock E23 Brewerton
- Lock E24 Baldwinsville
- Weedsport Terminal at Devaney’s Riverside Grill
- Lock E27 Lyons
- Port of Newark and T. Spencer Knight Park
- Port of Palmyra
- Lock 30 Macedon Canal Park
- Village of Fairport
- Bushnells Basin
- Pittsford from the Main Street Bridge and Schoen Place
- Greece Canal Park
- Village of Spencerport
- Adam’s Basin
- Village of Brockport, park at the Brockport Visitor Center
- Holley Canal Park
- Village of Albion
- Village of Medina
- Village of Middleport from Middleport Canal Park
- Lockport from Widewaters Marina to Locks 34 and 35
- Tonawandas Gateway Harbor Park
Details on best places at these locations for photo ops, parking and more can be found on the full list.
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