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Providence-Worcester Railroad Bridge

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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

Update Log 

  • 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

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Providence-Worcester Railroad Bridge
Posted May 15, 2013, by Charles (Charlesreenie [at] gmail [dot] com)
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