It’s supposed to happen
By: Cindyk. Returning to the Cazenovia Street Bridge. It took me a while to get back to this topic, but here we are and in this picture, it's supposed to be like this:
I talked to one of the head engineers in the City of Buffalo, after a phone call, he knew exactly what I was talking about. This is supposed to happen because it's made like a bumped to prevent this kind of damage to the original wall of the brigde's foundation. This apron (I like calling it) was added a year after the bridge was built and the first sightings of the ice Jams Caz Creek is famous for.
Other areas up-under the bridge are and have been closely monitored by NYS inspectors.
Milling the surface in a repave would cause a lot of damage to this bridge, it's strong enough the way it is, but if there is to be a resurfacing…. it will come with a complete bridge replacement like Stevenson Street, Southside, and the Park bridges in the recent past.
But he agreed that other repairs can be made.
I'll probably still keep questioning this bridge, but I finally got the answers that were specific to my concerns.