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Amtrak - Bronx River Bridge

Bronx NY

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in March 2013

BH Photo #289700

Overview: Warren through truss bridge over Bronx River on Amtrak RR (6 tracks)
Location: New York City, Bronx County, New York
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1908; west of 3 bascules (NewYork Westchester & Boston) removed
Builders: - Pennsylvania Steel Co. of Steelton, Pennsylvania
- Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois
Railroads: - Amtrak (AMTK)
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH)
- New York, Westchester & Boston Railroad (NYWB)
- Northeast Corridor (NEC)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
Design: Warren through truss bascule
Dimensions: Total length: 103.0 ft.
Also called: Bridge 3.40
Bridge #3.40
NYNH&H RR Bridge #3.40
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.82998, -73.88371 (decimal degrees)
40°49'48" N, 73°53'01" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/594123/4520482 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Central Park
Inventory number: BH 62100 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

August 23, 2020: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
July 3, 2020: New Street View added by Geoff Hubbs
April 26, 2020: New photo from Patrick Gurwell
October 28, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
October 23, 2019: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
June 22, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
December 25, 2018: Updated by Gregory Grice: Added official bridge names & current photo.
June 30, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
March 20, 2015: Updated by Luke: Added photographs
March 20, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
July 30, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
July 29, 2014: New Street View added by Douglas Butler

Amtrak - Bronx River Bascules

Posted December 26, 2018, by Barry (bllauver33 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Has one of the trusses been removed? I can see only two leafs in the Google Earth photo.