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HRRC - Housatonic River Bridge

Fairfield County, Connecticut, and New Haven County, Connecticut

Photos 

Photo taken by Patrick Gurwell in June 2018

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BH Photo #473806

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over the Housatonic River on Housatonic Railroad at Shelton
Location
Shelton, Fairfield County, Connecticut, and New Haven County, Connecticut
History
Built 1904-5; eastern pier collapsed during 1983 flooding, repaired several years later
Railroads
- Conrail (CR)
- Housatonic Railroad (HRRC)
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
Design
Double-intersection Warren through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.31740, -73.08969   (decimal degrees)
41°19'03" N, 73°05'23" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/659890/4575753 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Ansonia
Inventory number
BH 49532 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1905 (799)
Built during 1900s (7,228)
Connecticut (772)
Conrail (1,559)
Deck girder (5,753)
Derby, Connecticut (5)
Double-intersection Warren through truss (169)
Double-intersection Warren truss (457)
Fairfield County, Connecticut (177)
Girder (10,247)
Have street view (26,956)
Housatonic Railroad (21)
 Housatonic River (47)
New Haven County, Connecticut (170)
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (511)
Owned by railroad (12,432)
Penn Central Railroad (1,350)
Plate girder (7,933)
Railroad (15,438)
Shelton, Connecticut (6)
Through truss (15,087)
Truss (32,814)
Unknown status (1,495)

Update Log 

  • June 14, 2020: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
  • October 7, 2013: New Street View added by J.P.
  • September 7, 2011: Added by Luke Harden

Sources 

  • Luke
  • Flickr photos
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com

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