Popular Post 01mxz800 Posted December 4, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 4, 2019 After 15 years in the planning we finally have our new section of trail, it is on an old railroad bed that was a local trail for years, county shut it down due to a unsafe bridge this year they rebuilt the bridge for the NYS Erie canal heritage trail corridor and allowed us to resume use as a state trail. Went out today and got the signing done on it 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awful knawful Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmo Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Nice. We had the same situation on a trail we wanted to use but the state said it cost 180k to fix the bridge and it would have to wait. The local club built the bridge for 8 grand. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Rigid1 Posted December 4, 2019 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted December 4, 2019 Awesome, I have ridden out that way once, enjoyed it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01mxz800 Posted December 4, 2019 Author Share Posted December 4, 2019 37 minutes ago, Rigid1 said: Awesome, I have ridden out that way once, enjoyed it We aim to please at Lakeshore Riders snowmobile club 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoughnut Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 41 minutes ago, Edmo said: Nice. We had the same situation on a trail we wanted to use but the state said it cost 180k to fix the bridge and it would have to wait. The local club built the bridge for 8 grand. Good lord......it must have had something to do with paying union carpenters prevailing wage and maybe even extra for dealing with the anguish of working out in the desolate bush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmo Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 30 minutes ago, snoughnut said: Good lord......it must have had something to do with paying union carpenters prevailing wage and maybe even extra for dealing with the anguish of working out in the desolate bush. All volunteers! The money was for lumber, and it didn’t take long to build. As if we needed more evidence they take a torch to our money. They're probably still doing engineering studies and looking for endangered species that would be harmed by the new bridge. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKIQPilot Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Very cool. Nice work man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 2 hours ago, 01mxz800 said: After 15 years in the planning we finally have our new section of trail, it is on an old railroad bed that was a local trail for years, county shut it down due to a unsafe bridge this year they rebuilt the bridge for the NYS Erie canal heritage trail corridor and allowed us to resume use as a state trail. Went out today and got the signing done on it Nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01mxz800 Posted December 4, 2019 Author Share Posted December 4, 2019 bridge is over the current Erie canal and was the old West Shore railroad mainline 200' away from the old New York Central(currently CSX) water level route Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayward Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 1 hour ago, 01mxz800 said: bridge is over the current Erie canal and was the old West Shore railroad mainline 200' away from the old New York Central(currently CSX) water level route I wonder what it cost to build? I'm assuming the state had it built, not the club volunteers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01mxz800 Posted December 4, 2019 Author Share Posted December 4, 2019 21 minutes ago, hayward said: I wonder what it cost to build? I'm assuming the state had it built, not the club volunteers? this was a double track bridge that the county removed the old ties, and resurfaced the bridge with 12" thick prefabbed wood panels and installed railings bridge was built to handle groomer weight, if what I hear is correct bridge cost 50k+ luckily this cost the club nothing. 25 miles of our trail is on the old towpath for the Erie Canal and county has done thousands in upgrades along the way, this is the 25 mile section I maintain and they have saved me a lot of work so win win 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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