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MNCW - Naugatuck River Bridge (Seymour)

New Haven County, Connecticut

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Description 

Built 1903, damaged in 1955 floods, rebuilt 1956 Addendum-The Pony plate girder span Crossing CT-67 was built in 1906 and has since been replaced at an unknown date.

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Naugatuck River on MNCR Waterbury Branch
Location
Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1903, South half destroyed by the Flood of 1955 and rebuilt in 1956
Railroads
- Commuter Rail
- Metro-North Commuter Railroad (MNCW)
- Naugatuck Railroad (NAUG)
- New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA)
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 71.0 ft.
Total length: 307.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.39724, -73.07195   (decimal degrees)
41°23'50" N, 73°04'19" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/661178/4584649 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Naugatuck
Inventory numbers
CT 08272R (Connecticut bridge number)
BH 62543 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1903 (595)
Built during 1900s (7,228)
Commuter Rail (439)
Connecticut (772)
Deck girder (5,753)
Girder (10,245)
Have street view (26,956)
Metro-North Commuter Railroad (153)
Naugatuck Railroad (21)
Naugatuck River (24)
 New Haven County, Connecticut (170)
New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority (111)
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (511)
Open (39,895)
Owned by state (15,997)
Plate girder (7,933)
Railroad (15,437)
Seymour, Connecticut (8)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,077)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,232)

Update Log 

  • September 28, 2014: New Street View added by Royce and Bobette Haley
  • August 17, 2014: New Street View added by Ian Martin

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Sources 

  • Ian Martin
  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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