Red Bridge (1891)

Photos 

Red Bridge, South Meriden

Photo by Arthur Dutra IV

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

View this photo at Wikimedia Commons

BH Photo #317598

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview

Lenticular pony truss bridge over Quinnipiac River on Quinnipiac River Gorge Trail (Former Oregon Road) in Meriden

Location

Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut

Status

Open to pedestrians

History

Bypassed 1963

Builder

- Berlin Iron Bridge Co. of East Berlin, Connecticut

Design

Single span pin-connected lenticular pony truss

Dimensions

Total length: 82.0 ft.
Deck width: 17.0 ft.

Recognition

Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 10, 1993

Also called

Oregon Road Bridge (1891)
Oregon Road Bridge (1891)

Approximate latitude, longitude

+41.52269, -72.83845   (decimal degrees)
41°31'22" N, 72°50'18" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

18/680351/4599038 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Meriden

Inventory numbers

NRHP 93001345 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 50531 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Update Log 

• July 31, 2021: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
• December 13, 2020: New photos from Josh Schmid
• March 20, 2018: New photos from Chester Gehman
• March 3, 2015: Photo imported by Ian Martin
• November 27, 2014: Updated by Ian Martin: Added NRHP info. & details
• June 20, 2014: New photo from Chester Gehman
• December 13, 2011: Updated by Nathan Holth: Added category "Pin-connected"

Related Bridges 

• Red Bridge (Pre 1891) (Predecessor)

Sources 

• Nathan Holth
• News Article About Bridge
• Chester Gehman - gehmanc2000 [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Ian Martin
• NRHP Listing
• Josh Schmid
• Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com

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