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AMTK - Shaw's Cove Bridge

New London County, Connecticut

Photos 

Amtrak - Thames River Bridge

Connecticut

Photo taken by Douglas Butler

License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

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BH Photo #286996

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Shaw Cove/Coits Cove on Amtrak
Location
New London, New London County, Connecticut
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1984
Railroads
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Northeast Corridor (NEC)
Design
Polygonal Warren through truss swing
Also called
Amtrak - Coits Cove Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.34933, -72.09691   (decimal degrees)
41°20'58" N, 72°05'49" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/742874/4581604 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
New London
Inventory number
BH 61591 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Amtrak (574)
Built 1984 (65)
Built during 1980s (763)
Connecticut (837)
Have street view (28,880)
Modern (2,672)
Movable (3,114)
New London County, Connecticut (76)
New London, Connecticut (7)
Northeast Corridor (156)
 Open (40,960)
Owned by railroad (13,486)
Polygonal Warren through truss (466)
Polygonal Warren through truss with all verticals (127)
Polygonal Warren truss (1,140)
Railroad (16,447)
Swing (1,561)
Through truss (16,709)
Truss (35,375)
Warren truss (6,996)

Update Log 

  • February 3, 2015: Updated by Ian Martin: Fixed build year
  • October 10, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • October 10, 2014: Photo imported by Dave King
  • July 3, 2014: Updated by Luke Harden: Mapped; Edited name
  • July 3, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler

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Sources 

  • Douglas Butler
  • Luke
  • Ian Martin
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Amtrak - Shaw's Cove Bridge
Posted February 3, 2015, by Ian Martin

The HAER aerials on this bridge and the Amtrak Mystic River Bridge (http://bridgehunter.com/ct/new-london/bh61596/) pertain to the predecessor bridges.