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Mystic River Bridge (1904)
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Mystic River Bridge (Old)
Removed
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in December 2014
License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)
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BH Photo #340803
Description
Replaced a Truesdell truss of 1866. Replacement was at least partially necessitated by the added load of the Groton & Stonington Street Railway use of the bridge as well as vehicular traffic.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost steel through truss swing bridge over Mystic River on Boston Post Road in Mystic
- Location
- Mystic, New London County, Connecticut
- Status
- No longer exists
- History
- Built 1904; Replaced 1922
- Railroads
- - Groton & Stonington Street Railway (G&S)
- Interurban
- Design
- Through truss swing
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.35478, -71.96921 (decimal degrees)
41°21'17" N, 71°58'09" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 19/251614/4582396 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Mystic
- Inventory number
- BH 69889 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- June 11, 2022: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- February 24, 2020: New photo from Chester Gehman
- October 6, 2018: New photo from Douglas Butler
- November 3, 2015: Updated by Luke: Added build date + Interurban info
- November 3, 2015: Added by Douglas Butler