MNCW - Wappinger Creek Bridge

Photos 

Hudson River Railroad Bridge

Hamburg NY

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in March 2013

Enlarge

BH Photo #284480

Map 

Street View 

• View #1

Description 

Facts 

Overview

Pony plate girder bascule bridge over Wappinger Creek on Metro-North Commuter Railroad

Location

New Hamburg, Dutchess County, New York

Status

Open to rail traffic, but permanently closed with counterweight removed

History

Built 1929

Builder

- Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois

Railroads

- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Commuter Rail
- Metro-North Commuter Railroad (MNCW)
- New York Central Railroad (NYC)
- New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA)

Design

Pony plate girder bascule

Also called

NYC - Wappinger Creek Bridge (New)

Approximate latitude, longitude

+41.58252, -73.94733   (decimal degrees)
41°34'57" N, 73°56'50" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

18/587747/4603960 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Wappingers Falls

Inventory number

BH 61126 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• February 14, 2019: New photo from Douglas Butler
• August 22, 2018: New photos from Michael Kochler
• July 25, 2014: New Street View added by Luke
• June 3, 2014: New photo from Luke Harden
• June 1, 2014: Updated by Clark Vance: Info in description
• May 31, 2014: Updated by Luke Harden: Corrected county. Removed extranious categories. Yay being proactive instead of reactive
• May 31, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler

Related Bridges 

• NYC - Wappinger Creek Bridge (Old) (Predecessor)

Sources 

• Douglas Butler
• Luke
• 1987 discussion on proposed permanent closure - Photo showing counterweight in place
• Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com
• Flickr - View from North
• The book Wappinger by David Turner - Photos of previous bridge and history
• Michael Kochler

Comments