MNCW - Main/Washington Street Overpass

Photos 

View Southwest, General View Showing Bridge And Setting From East End Of Bridge; Switch Tower On Right

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #218792

Map 

Street Views 

Facts 

Overview

Pratt through truss bridge with vertical endposts and a 45° skew over Main/Washinton Streets on MetroNorth RR

Location

Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut

History

Built in 1895 by the Berlin Iron Bridge Company

Builder

- Berlin Iron Bridge Co. of East Berlin, Connecticut

Railroads

- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Commuter Rail
- Metro-North Commuter Railroad (MNCW)
- New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA)
- Northeast Corridor (NEC)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)

Design

Skewed Pratt through truss with vertical endposts.

Skew angle

45 degrees

Approximate latitude, longitude

+41.09900, -73.41882   (decimal degrees)
41°05'56" N, 73°25'08" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

18/632782/4550951 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Norwalk South

Inventory number

BH 49929 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• January 30, 2021: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
• May 11, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
• October 9, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Metro-North Commuter Railroad", "Railroad"
• October 26, 2011: Updated by Tony Dillon: Fixed information as bridge is not a bedstead
• October 26, 2011: Updated by Ben Tate: Fixed coordinates
• October 26, 2011: Added by Jason Smith

Sources 

• Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
• HAER CT-168 - South Norwalk Railroad Bridge, South Main & Washington Streets, Norwalk, Fairfield, CT
• Ben Tate - benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Wikipedia
• Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
• Geoff Hubbs
• Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com

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