Program

Historic Transportation

Subject

Site, Transportation

Location

Vest Pocket Park, 41 W Main St, Honeoye Falls, NY 14472, USA

Lat/Long

42.951927702422, -77.59216975174

Grant Recipient

Honeoye Falls Village Hall

During the mid-19^th century, the New York Central Railroad constructed a covered bridge across Honeoye Creek for its line connecting Canandaigua and Niagara Falls. Colloquially, the route was referred to as the “peanut” line, a reference to the first cargo supposedly shipped across it.

The original covered bridge was replaced after four decades with an iron bridge as reported in The Honeoye Falls Times on Thursday, August 3^rd, 1803.

The Central’s New Bridge for the “Peanut” road, across the Honeoye creek in this village, was completed early this week. A force of about fifty iron workers and carpenters have been pushing the work for more than three weeks…the covering of the old bridge was first town down and the timbers were sawed off to permit the iron spans to fit down in place on the stone abutments. The bridge is constructed of Iron and is over 210 Feet long.

Though the Railroad Bridge has since been dismantled, the limestone abutment remains standing in Honeoye Creek, and it is visible from the location of the historical marker.