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ST - West Main Street Overpass

New Haven County, Connecticut

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Description 

Onetime four track span (three spans remaining, one in use) crossing West Main Street on the former NYNH&H Highland and Naugatuck Divisions.

Facts 

Overview
Pony/through plate girder bridge over West Main Street on Pan Am Railways Waterbury Branch
Location
Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1906
Railroads
- Guilford Rail System (GRS)
- Hartford, Providence & Fishkill Railroad (HP&F)
- Naugatuck Railroad (NAUG)
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH)
- Pan Am Railways (PAR)
- Springfield Terminal Railway (ST)
Design
Pony plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 68.0 ft.
Total length: 106.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.55834, -73.05008   (decimal degrees)
41°33'30" N, 73°03'00" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/662603/4602576 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Waterbury
Inventory numbers
CT 00600R (Connecticut bridge number)
BH 62513 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (15,817)
Built 1906 (626)
Built during 1900s (7,261)
Connecticut (777)
Curb Columns (167)
Girder (10,306)
Guilford Rail System (101)
Hartford, Providence & Fishkill Railroad (48)
Have street view (27,081)
Naugatuck Railroad (21)
New Haven County, Connecticut (170)
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (512)
 Open (39,994)
Owned by railroad (12,505)
Pan Am Railways (137)
Plate girder (7,990)
Railroad (15,613)
Skewed (4,917)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,107)
Springfield Terminal Railway (159)
Steel stringer (6,289)
Through girder (3,844)
Total length 100-125 feet (5,192)
Waterbury, Connecticut (24)

Update Log 

  • August 16, 2014: New Street View added by Ian Martin

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