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Amtrak - Shaw's Cove Bridge (Old)

New London County, Connecticut

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NYNH&H - Shaws Cove Bridge

Connecticut

Photo taken by Douglas Butler

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BH Photo #287001

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Description 

The Shaw Cove's Bridge is a forged steel rim-bearing swing bridge. It is a single-span, pin-connected Pratt through truss with thin diagonal eye-bars serving as tension members. 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 industrial engineering solution to the need to provide dependable rail service while accommodating river navigation.

-- Historic American Engineering Record

Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Shaw Cove/Coits Cove on New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Location
New London, New London County, Connecticut
Status
Superstructure replaced
History
Built 1913, replaced 1984
Builder
- Berlin Iron Bridge Co. of East Berlin, Connecticut (piers)
Railroads
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH)
- Northeast Corridor (NEC)
Design
Pratt through truss swing
Dimensions
Span length: 136.0 ft.
Total length: 136.0 ft.
Also called
NH - Shaw's Cove Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.34861, -72.09714   (decimal degrees)
41°20'55" N, 72°05'50" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/742857/4581523 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
New London
Inventory number
BH 61597 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Amtrak (536)
Berlin Iron Bridge Co. (170)
Built 1913 (863)
Built during 1910s (9,641)
Connecticut (772)
HAER documented (1,106)
Lost (24,760)
Lost 1984 (111)
Lost during 1980s (1,375)
Movable (2,975)
Navigable waterway (2,152)
New London County, Connecticut (73)
New London, Connecticut (7)
 New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (511)
Northeast Corridor (155)
Owned by railroad (12,432)
Pin-connected (3,902)
Pratt through truss (5,395)
Pratt truss (9,304)
Railroad (15,437)
Replaced by new bridge (16,598)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,224)
Swing (1,455)
Through truss (15,080)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,922)
Truss (32,807)

Update Log 

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

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • Douglas Butler
  • Luke
  • HAER CT-24 - New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Shaw's Cove Bridge, Spanning Shaw's Cove, New London, New London County, CT
  • Ian Martin

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