It's just been in the news again recently because a 260 feet long pedestrian bridge, which was built in Italy, was floated up on barges to a park being built in Buffalo. Being able to transport this large structure by water helps avoid closing roads to traffic or navigating under low street bridges. It attracted crowds all the way up.
"This is a big deal because this used to be a commercial canal and nowadays it's not so this is an event"
https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/local/ralph-c-wilson-bridg...