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MNCW - Devon Bridge (1905)

New Haven County, Connecticut, and Fairfield County, Connecticut

Photos 

Photo taken by HAER

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #280251

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Warren through truss bascule bridge over Housatonic River on Metro-North Commuter Railroad
Location
Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut, and Fairfield County, Connecticut
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1905, rehabilitated 1990
Builders
- American Bridge Co. of New York
- Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois
Railroads
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Commuter Rail
- Metro-North Commuter Railroad (MNCW)
- New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA)
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH)
- Northeast Corridor (NEC)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
Design
Warren through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 223.0 ft.
Total length: 1,069.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 12, 1987
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.20543, -73.10958   (decimal degrees)
41°12'20" N, 73°06'34" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/658496/4563284 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Milford
Inventory numbers
CT 08080R (Connecticut bridge number)
NRHP 87000842 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 60420 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (1,790)
Amtrak (584)
Bascule (1,109)
Built 1905 (844)
Built during 1900s (7,989)
Commuter Rail (439)
Connecticut (863)
County line crossing (536)
Fairfield County, Connecticut (198)
Have street view (30,595)
Housatonic River (57)
Metro-North Commuter Railroad (166)
Milford, Connecticut (10)
Movable (3,195)
NR-listed (3,028)
 New Haven County, Connecticut (189)
New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority (112)
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (537)
Northeast Corridor (156)
Open (41,564)
Owned by railroad (14,333)
Penn Central Railroad (1,679)
Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Co. (123)
Span length 175-250 feet (2,139)
Stratford, Connecticut (10)
Through truss (19,327)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (2,063)
Truss (38,720)
Warren through truss (1,743)
Warren truss (7,223)

Update Log 

  • January 5, 2022: Updated by Nathan Holth: Fixed spelling of Stratford
  • July 16, 2020: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
  • April 7, 2016: New photos from Douglas Butler
  • October 10, 2014: Photo imported by Dave King
  • July 24, 2014: Updated by Ian Martin: Added categories "Amtrak", "Northeast Corridor"
  • March 27, 2014: New photos from Douglas Butler
  • March 25, 2014: Added by Luke Harden

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