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AMTK - Niantic River Bridge (2013)
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Niantic River Railroad Bridge
A technical drawing
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013
License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)
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BH Photo #267650
Description
Finally this new bascule drawbridge is in operation replacing an old Scherzer type Rolling lift bascule bridge.
Facts
- Overview
- Pony/through plate girder bridge over Niantic River on Amtrak Railroad ( 2 track)
- Location
- Niantic, New London County, Connecticut
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 2013
- Builders
- - Cianbro Corporation of Pittsfield, Maine (Joint Venture Contractor)
- Middlesex Companies of Littleton, Massachusetts (Joint Venture Contractor)
- Railroads
- - Amtrak (AMTK)
- Northeast Corridor (NEC)
- Shore Line East (SLE)
- Design
- Pony plate girder bascule type
- Also called
- AMTK - New NAN Drawbridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.32258, -72.17686 (decimal degrees)
41°19'21" N, 72°10'37" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/736281/4578412 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Niantic
- Inventory number
- BH 58280 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- November 2, 2015: New video from Douglas Butler
- August 10, 2015: New photo from Ian Martin
- May 26, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
- February 14, 2015: Photo imported by Dave King
- May 9, 2014: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
- October 17, 2013: New photo from Douglas Butler
- October 3, 2013: Added by Douglas Butler
Sources
- Douglas Butler
- Ian Martin