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Overview: Swing through truss bridge over the Connecticut River on the Connecticut Central Railroad in Middletown
Location: Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1910
Design: Swing Double-intersection Warren through truss
Dimensions: Total length: 1,180.2 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +41.56678, -72.64742 (decimal degrees)
41°34'00" N, 72°38'51" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/696157/4604351 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Middletown
Inventory numbers: CT 639 (Connecticut bridge number)
BH 12149 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 61,600

January 26, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Navigable waterway", "Railroad", "Connecticut Central Railroad", "New York & Boston Air Line Railroad", "New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad", "Providence & Worcester Railroad"
March 19, 2011: Updated by J.P.: updated location

Providence-Worcester Railroad Bridge

Posted May 15, 2013, by Charles (Charlesreenie [at] gmail [dot] com)

The bridge is open to traffic.

Connecticut Central Railroad Bridge

Posted September 5, 2007, by Howard Shubs (howard [at] shubs [dot] net)

If this is the bridge I think it is, just downstream from the Arrigoni Bridge, it's NOT open to traffic. On Wikipedia, it's known as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence_%26_Worcester_railroad_bridge