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Air Line State Park Trail - Willimantic River Bridge

Windham County, Connecticut, and Tolland County, Connecticut

Photos 

Underside, Willimantic River Railroad Bridge

Willimantic River Railroad Bridge viewed from the north bank of the Willimantic River

Photo by Pi.1415926535

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

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BH Photo #314966

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Willimantic River on Airline South State Park Trail in Willimantic
Location
Columbia, Windham County, Connecticut, and Tolland County, Connecticut
Status
Open to trail traffic
History
Abandoned 1965, converted for trail use 2015
Builder
- Berlin Iron Bridge Co. of East Berlin, Connecticut
Railroad
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 80.0 ft.
Total length: 160.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.71343, -72.23804   (decimal degrees)
41°42'48" N, 72°14'17" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/729772/4621645 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Willimantic
Inventory numbers
CT 9308R (Connecticut bridge number)
BH 61978 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Air Line State Park Trail (17)
Berlin Iron Bridge Co. (193)
Columbia, Connecticut (5)
Connecticut (823)
Deck girder (6,157)
Girder (10,898)
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (526)
Open to pedestrians (4,447)
Owned by state (16,315)
 Plate girder (8,510)
Preserved (1,219)
Rail-to-trail (1,635)
Railroad (16,245)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,567)
Tolland County, Connecticut (36)
Total length 125-175 feet (6,076)
Willimantic, Connecticut (10)
Windham County, Connecticut (62)

Update Log 

  • June 28, 2016: New photos from Ian Martin
  • February 27, 2016: Updated by Ian Martin: Updated status
  • February 3, 2015: Photo imported by Ian Martin
  • July 26, 2014: Added by Ian Martin

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