HRRC - Housatonic River Bridge

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

Derby, Fairfield County, Connecticut, and New Haven County, Connecticut

History

Built 1904-5; eastern pier collapsed during 1983 flooding, repaired 1989

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)

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Update Log 

• June 4, 2022: Updated by Paul Plassman: Tweaked history per forum comment
• 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
• Paul Plassman

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