Constructed in 1858, the Aldrich Change Bridge holds the title of the oldest cast and wrought iron bridge in New York.

Initially situated at a weigh lock station in Rochester, the bridge was relocated in 1880 to the Macedon-Palmyra town line. Known as Bridge No. 35, it was also called the Sexton Bridge, named after local entrepreneur Pliny T. Sexton, before eventually being named to honor a nearby farmer, Aldrich.

After the NYS Barge Canal’s construction in 1905 the bridge was removed and sold to George B. Lent who relocated it to his farm. By the late 1960s, the bridge fell into disuse and was washed from its abutments during a storm in the 1990s. In 1996, the town of Macedon acquired the bridge and it underwent refurbishment.  It was subsequently installed in the Macedon-Palmyra Aqueduct Park in 1997, resting on new abutments made from reclaimed canal stones.