Centerway Bridge was built in 1921 spanning 752-feet across the Chemung River. Designed by pioneer concrete bridge engineer Abraham Burton Cohen, this 40-foot wide earth-filled structure has seven arched spans and six piers. It closed to motor vehicles in 1981, and after an extensive renovation, reopened in 1986 for use by pedestrians, bicyclists and double-decker buses shuffling tourists between the Corning Museum of Glass and the Market Street Historic District. Following another renovation in 203, the bridge was converted to a full-time pedestrian bridge with green lawn and perennial gardens. In the fall of 2014, the bridge's restoration project was named the American Public Works Association Historic Restoration & Preservation Project of the Year.
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