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PW - Little River Arch

New London County, Connecticut

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Description 

Large concrete arch carrying the P&W Willimantic Branch over the Little River just west of Versailles station. This is the former Hartford, Providence & Fishkill main line. Per the annual report of the Railroad Commissioners of the State of Connecticut, the arch was constructed in 1909 to replaced a Howe truss bridge.

Facts 

Overview
Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Little River on P&W Willimantic Branch in Sprague
Location
Sprague, New London County, Connecticut
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1909
Railroads
- Hartford, Providence & Fishkill Railroad (HP&F)
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH)
- Providence & Worcester Railroad (PW)
Design
Closed-spandrel concrete arch
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.61401, -72.04323   (decimal degrees)
41°36'50" N, 72°02'36" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/746359/4611144 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Norwich
Inventory number
BH 68136 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arch (12,940)
Built 1909 (833)
Built during 1900s (7,989)
Closed-spandrel arch (4,365)
Connecticut (863)
Deck arch (12,151)
Hartford, Providence & Fishkill Railroad (49)
New London County, Connecticut (75)
 New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (537)
Open (41,560)
Owned by railroad (14,330)
Providence & Worcester Railroad (62)
Railroad (17,179)
Skewed (5,118)
Sprague, Connecticut (3)

Update Log 

  • June 21, 2015: Added by Ian Martin

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