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Pine Creek Park Bridge

Fairfield County, Connecticut

Photos 

Overview

Photo taken by James McCray in June 2013

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BH Photo #264618

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Pratt pony truss bridge over Pine Creek on a pedestrian path in Pine Creek Park
Location
Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut
Status
Open to pedestrians
History
Built as an approach span to an 1872 drawbridge in Middletown, it was re-used in 1890 to carry Mill Hill Road in Fairfield over the tracks of the New Haven Railroad. In 1979, the bridge was relocated to its current location.
Builders
- Jacob H. Linville of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Keystone Bridge Co. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Design
As per http://www.past-inc.org/historic-bridges/metal-pinecreek.html:
Its compression members are octagonal columns patented by the Keystone Bridge Company of Pittsburgh. The Keystone column consists of four rolled segments riveted together through cylindrical spacers. Because the spacers are graduated in length, the columns are thicker in the middle than at the ends. According to the company, this gap allowed the interior of the column to be inspected; in some of their bridges, the gap was used to allow diagonal tie rods to pass through the uprights without the need for special fixtures. Principally, however, the gap represented an easy way to make a tapered wrought-iron column that was similar to the cast-iron columns the company had used in bridges like Riverside Avenue.
Dimensions
Total length: 54.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on April 8, 1992
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.12584, -73.26197   (decimal degrees)
41°07'33" N, 73°15'43" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/645895/4554182 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Westport
Inventory numbers
NRHP 92000263 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 49745 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Connecticut (772)
Fairfield County, Connecticut (177)
Fairfield, Connecticut (4)
Jacob H. Linville (21)
Keystone Bridge Co. (65)
NR-listed (2,961)
Open to pedestrians (4,220)
Outrigger sway braces (31)
 Owned by city (5,404)
Pony truss (16,189)
Pratt pony truss (3,640)
Pratt truss (9,304)
Preserved (1,188)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,300)
Truss (32,809)

Update Log 

  • February 15, 2021: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
  • August 26, 2013: New photos from James McCray
  • September 28, 2011: Added by James McCray

Sources 

  • James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Wikipedia
  • Wayback Machine
  • Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com
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Pine Creek Park Bridge
Posted March 30, 2016, by Nathan Holth (webmaster [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

NRHP Nomination Attached.

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