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NYC - Wappinger Creek Bridge (Old)

Dutchess County, New York

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NYC & H - Wappinger Creek Bridge

Bridge removed

Photo taken by Douglas Butler

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BH Photo #284679

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Wappinger Creek on New York Central & Hudson RR
Location
New Hamburg, Dutchess County, New York
Status
No longer exists
History
Built 1908 ; replaced 1929
Builder
- Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois
Railroad
- New York Central & Hudson River Railroad (NYC&HR)
Design
Deck plate girder rolling lift
Also called
NYC&H - Wappinger Creek Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.58165, -73.94692   (decimal degrees)
41°34'54" N, 73°56'49" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/587782/4603864 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Wappingers Falls
Inventory number
BH 61168 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bascule (1,064)
Built 1908 (711)
Built during 1900s (7,224)
Deck girder (5,750)
Dutchess County, New York (128)
Girder (10,239)
Lost (24,750)
Lost 1929 (57)
 Lost during 1920s (478)
Movable (2,975)
New Hamburg, New York (7)
New York (4,402)
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad (10)
Plate girder (7,927)
Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Co. (123)

Update Log 

  • August 22, 2018: New photo from Luke
  • June 2, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler

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