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Air Line Railroad Bridge

Middlesex County, Connecticut

Photos 

The City of Hartford steamboat after collision with railroad bridge

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Map 

Facts 

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
Builders
- Jacob H. Linville of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- 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)

Categories 

19th Century (8,055)
Boston & New York Air-Line Railroad (17)
Built 1872 (121)
Built during 1870s (1,214)
Connecticut (823)
Connecticut River (105)
Girder (10,888)
Jacob H. Linville (21)
Keystone Bridge Co. (74)
Lattice through truss (610)
Lattice truss (642)
Linville-Piper Truss (8)
Lost (27,267)
Lost 1886 (8)
Lost during 1880s (98)
Middlesex County, Connecticut (64)
Middletown, Connecticut (15)
Movable (3,087)
Navigable waterway (2,190)
 New Haven, Middletown & Willimantic Railroad (19)
New York & New England Railroad (37)
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (526)
Plate girder (8,501)
Pony truss (16,784)
Portland, Connecticut (6)
Pratt pony truss (3,861)
Pratt truss (9,995)
Quadrangular lattice through truss (189)
Railroad (16,232)
Replaced by new bridge (18,508)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,239)
Swing (1,537)
Through girder (4,068)
Through truss (16,194)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,948)
Truss (34,602)
Wrought Iron (411)

Update Log 

  • December 11, 2021: New photo from Art Suckewer
  • October 10, 2020: Updated by Luke: Added Jacob H. Linville as a designer; Added source
  • May 21, 2018: New photos from Douglas Butler
  • February 5, 2018: New photo from Art Suckewer
  • February 3, 2018: New photo from Art Suckewer
  • January 20, 2018: New photo from Dave King
  • September 14, 2016: New photo from Luke
  • September 13, 2016: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • August 28, 2016: Updated by Luke: Added builder
  • August 28, 2016: Added by Dave King

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