NS transports freight across the Southern Tier Line for about 1,100 customers in more than 20 states. New York State-based businesses benefitting include 10 short line railroads that service and connect local industries to NS’s network. The new bridge connects New York State businesses to markets in the Midwest and New England, trade with Canada, and access to New York City. The span it replaced, the Erie Railroad Portageville Bridge, can be seen behind the new structure.
After two years of construction, the railroad began operating trains in December 2017 over the new span, constructed 75 feet south of the former bridge. “Trains crossing the new bridge are operating at up to 30 mph with fully loaded cars,” NS pointed out. The old iron truss bridge it replaced, built in 1875 by the Erie Railroad, was “unable to support modern freight rail needs” and “created supply-chain inefficiencies.” Railcar weights had to be restricted to 273,000 pounds-13,000 pounds below the 286K standard-and train speed was restricted to 10 mph. Located between Buffalo and Binghamton, the Genesee Arch Bridge enables NS to transport railcars loaded to the industry-standard 286,000 pounds GRL (gross rail load). Norfolk Southern partnered on the project with the New York State Department of Transportation the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation the Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council and the Federal Highway Administration. Constructed through a public-private partnership, the single-track span replaces the Portageville Bridge, a 19th-century-era structure that restricted train speeds and railcar weights “and had become a major transportation bottleneck.” Surrounded by scenic Letchworth State Park, the $75 million, 963-foot-long steel arch railroad bridge “expands freight rail capacity and economic opportunities for businesses and communities” across New York State’s Southern Tier and Finger Lakes regions, NS noted. Norfolk Southern and New York State on May 24 dedicated the new Genesee Arch Bridge on NS’s Southern Tier Line (ex-Conrail, ex-Erie), which spans the 235-foot-deep Genesee River Gorge, known as the “Grand Canyon of the East.”
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