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HRRC - Housatonic River Bridge

Fairfield County, Connecticut, and New Haven County, Connecticut

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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 (759)
Built during 1900s (6,799)
Connecticut (695)
Conrail (1,018)
Deck girder (5,048)
Double-intersection Warren through truss (165)
Double-intersection Warren truss (445)
Fairfield County, Connecticut (168)
Girder (9,140)
Have street view (25,415)
Housatonic Railroad (18)
 Housatonic River (42)
New Haven County, Connecticut (156)
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (434)
Owned by railroad (11,104)
Penn Central Railroad (719)
Plate girder (6,949)
Railroad (14,370)
Shelton, Connecticut (6)
Through truss (14,053)
Truss (31,245)
Unknown status (1,643)

Update Log 

  • October 7, 2013: New Street View added by J.P.
  • September 7, 2011: Added by Luke Harden

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