Air Line Railroad Bridge

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The City of Hartford steamboat after collision with railroad bridge

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Overview: Lost Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over Connecticut River on New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Location: Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
History: Built 1872; Destroyed by Steamboat collision 1876; Replaced 1886
Builder: - Keystone Bridge Co. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Railroads: - Boston & New York Air-Line Railroad (B&NY)
- New Haven, Middletown & Willimantic Railroad (NHM&W)
- New York & New England Railroad (NYNE)
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH)
Design: Quadrangular lattice through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 303.0 ft.
Total length: 1,250.0 ft.
Also called: NH - Middletown Railroad Bridge (Old)
N&BY - Middletown Railroad Bridge (Old)
NYNE - Middletown Railroad Bridge (Old)
Approximate latitude, longitude: +41.56637, -72.64803 (decimal degrees)
41°33'59" N, 72°38'53" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/696107/4604303 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Middletown
Inventory numbers: B&NY Bridge 427
BH 73402 (Bridgehunter.com ID)