Because the Erie Canal carries mostly small pleasure boats, there's no need to go any higher. Most lift bridges are low, just 3 feet above the water when they're level.

LOWER TOWNSHIP - The bridge that stretches over the Cape May Canal past Exit 0 on the Garden State Parkway almost had a name 49 years ago.

Brockport, N.Y. — The ceremonial "signing of the steel" highlighting the progress of the new pedestrian bridge over the Erie Canal took place on Wednesday.The b ...