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NH - Mystic River Bridge (1919)

New London County, Connecticut

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NYNH&H - Mystic River Bridge

Stonington CT

Photo taken by Douglas Butler

License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

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BH Photo #286999

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Description 

The Mystic River Bridge is a center bearing, through truss swing bridge. It is significant as part of the transportation link in the shoreline route of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, and as an individual engineering solution to the need to provide dependable rail service while accommodating river navigation.

-- Historic American Engineering Record

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Mystic River on New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Location
Mystic, New London County, Connecticut
Status
Superstructure replaced
History
Built 1919, replaced 1984
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York (Edge Moore Plant)
Railroads
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH)
- Northeast Corridor (NEC)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
Design
Through truss swing
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.34972, -71.97028   (decimal degrees)
41°20'59" N, 71°58'13" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
19/251505/4581838 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Mystic
Inventory number
BH 61595 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (1,790)
Amtrak (584)
Built 1919 (557)
Built during 1910s (10,288)
Connecticut (863)
Lost (32,321)
Lost 1984 (140)
Lost during 1980s (1,661)
Movable (3,195)
Mystic River (17)
Mystic, Connecticut (7)
 Navigable waterway (2,256)
New London County, Connecticut (75)
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (537)
Northeast Corridor (156)
Owned by railroad (14,332)
Penn Central Railroad (1,679)
Railroad (17,179)
Replaced by new bridge (22,027)
Swing (1,624)
Through truss (19,326)
Truss (38,718)

Update Log 

  • February 3, 2015: Photo imported by Dave King
  • February 3, 2015: Updated by Ian Martin: Added build/loss year and HAER photos
  • October 10, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • July 3, 2014: Updated by Luke Harden: Mapped
  • July 3, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • Douglas Butler
  • Luke
  • HAER CT-26 - New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Mystic River Bridge, Spanning Mystic River between Groton & Stonington, Groton, New London County, CT
  • Ian Martin

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