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MNCW - Rippowam River Bridge
Fairfield County
,
Connecticut
Photos
MNCW-Rippowam River Bridge
1908 post card
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley
BH Photo #296406
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Overview
Double-intersection Warren deck truss bridge over Rippowam River on Metro-North New Haven Line
Location
Stamford
,
Fairfield County
,
Connecticut
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1896, rehabilitated 1988
Railroads
-
Amtrak
(AMTK)
-
Commuter Rail
-
Metro-North Commuter Railroad
(MNCW)
-
New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority
(MTA)
-
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
(NH)
-
Northeast Corridor
(NEC)
Design
Double-intersection Warren deck truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 120.0 ft.
Total length: 130.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.04561
,
-73.54516
(decimal degrees)
41°02'44" N, 73°32'43" W
(degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/622271/4544839
(zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Stamford
Inventory number
BH 62548
(Bridgehunter.com ID)
Categories
19th Century
(7,557)
Amtrak
(536)
Built 1896
(273)
Built during 1890s
(2,982)
Commuter Rail
(440)
Connecticut
(772)
Deck truss
(1,729)
Double-intersection Warren deck truss
(88)
Double-intersection Warren truss
(456)
Fairfield County, Connecticut
(177)
Have street view
(26,929)
Metro-North Commuter Railroad
(153)
New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority
(111)
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
(511)
Northeast Corridor
(155)
Open
(39,880)
Owned by state
(15,982)
Railroad
(15,409)
Span length 100-125 feet
(4,395)
Stamford, Connecticut
(21)
Total length 125-175 feet
(5,919)
Truss
(32,771)
Update Log
October 10, 2014: HAER photo posted by Dave King
September 30, 2014: New Street View added by Royce and Bobette Haley
August 17, 2014: New Street View added by Ian Martin
Related Bridges
Rippowam River Bridge
(Upstream)
Sources
Ian Martin
ConnDOT
Royce and Bobette Haley -
roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
HAER CT-11
- Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut & Connecticut/Rhode Island State Lines, New Haven, New Haven County, CT
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