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Amtrak Bridge

New Haven County, Connecticut
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Overview
Stone arch bridge over CT 71 on Amtrak in Wallingford
Location
New Haven County, Connecticut
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built ca. 1870
Design
Stone arch
Dimensions
Span length: 20.0 ft.
Total length: 20.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.49784, -72.81428   (decimal degrees)
41°29'52" N, 72°48'51" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/682438/4596331 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Wallingford
Inventory numbers
CT 1079 (Connecticut bridge number)
BH 12152 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
12,200

Categories 

19th Century (3,819)
Amtrak (158)
Arch (9,418)
Built during 1870s (544)
Connecticut (265)
Deck arch (8,695)
Have street view (9,883)
 New Haven County, Connecticut (54)
One-lane traffic (7,111)
Open (28,302)
Span length under 25 feet (4,081)
Stone arch (1,927)
Total length under 25 feet (1,401)

Update Log 

  • March 30, 2011: Updated by Frank Hicks: Corrected GPS

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Amtrak Bridge
Posted February 8, 2012, by Bob Whitworth (go75 [at] cox [dot] net)

I used to live in Meriden, CT. As I recall, this bridge is historic in that it may have been the very first "skew arch" bridge in the United States, if not the world. Few people know of this obscure tidbit. Worth looking into.