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Connecticut Company - Branch Brook Bridge
Description
Skewed concrete arch bridge crossing Branch Brook on the former Waterbury-Thomaston trolley route. Built 1908 and abandoned in 1929. Currently visible from Route 8 during the winter months, but otherwise fairly inaccessible due to it's location within the grounds of Thomaston's sewer plant. Access to the area and the bridge may improve as the Naugatuck River Greenway project advances. While the greenway is currently set to use a separate pedestrian bridge to cross Branch Brook further upstream, the use of this bridge has been discussed in order to provide access to York Rd.
Facts
- Overview
- Abandoned closed-spandrel arch bridge over Branch Brook on Waterbury-Thomaston Connecticut Company Trolley Line
- Location
- Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut
- Status
- Derelict/abandoned
- History
- Built 1908
- Railroads
- - Connecticut Company (ConnCo)
- Interurban
- Design
- Closed-spandrel arch
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.64188, -73.08053 (decimal degrees)
41°38'31" N, 73°04'50" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/659858/4611795 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Thomaston
- Inventory number
- BH 66886 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- May 22, 2016: Updated by Luke: Added build date from article + link
- April 4, 2015: Added by Ian Martin