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NH - Death Trap Bridge

Hartford County, Connecticut

Photo 

Elimination of Death Trap. Showing overhead crossing, trolley tracks and trolley making the turn from Windsor toward Windsor Locks

Published prior to 1923

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BH Photo #392971

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Pony/through plate girder bridge over Palisado Avenue & Connecticut Company tracks on New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Location
Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Replaced 1917
Railroads
- Connecticut Company (ConnCo)
- Hartford Street Railway
- Interurban
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH)
- Streetcar
Design
Pony plate girder
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.85415, -72.64220   (decimal degrees)
41°51'15" N, 72°38'32" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/695719/4636270 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Hartford North
Inventory number
BH 77474 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Connecticut (682)
Connecticut Company (16)
Girder (8,832)
Grade Separated Rail Crossing (337)
Hartford County, Connecticut (112)
Hartford Street Railway (2)
Interurban (842)
Lost (20,680)
Lost 1917 (35)
 Lost during 1910s (398)
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (418)
Plate girder (6,731)
Railroad (14,137)
Replaced by new bridge (13,546)
Streetcar (243)
Through girder (3,289)
Windsor, Connecticut (5)

Update Log 

  • May 31, 2017: Added by Dave King

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Sources 

  • Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com

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