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AMTK - Pawcatuck River Bridge #1
Description
First crossing (traveling toward Boston) of the Pawcatuck River on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor.
Facts
- Overview
- Double-intersection Warren deck truss bridge over Pawcatuck River on Amtrak Northeast Corridor
- Location
- New London County, Connecticut, and Washington County, Rhode Island
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1909; moved 100' upriver 1912
- Railroads
- - Amtrak (AMTK)
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH)
- Northeast Corridor (NEC)
- Design
- Double-intersection Warren deck truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 130.7 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.37976, -71.83188 (decimal degrees)
41°22'47" N, 71°49'55" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 19/263194/4584785 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Ashaway
- Inventory number
- BH 62552 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- January 11, 2015: Updated by Ian Martin: Added build year & geometry
- October 10, 2014: Photo imported by Dave King
- August 17, 2014: New Street View added by Ian Martin