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MNCW/OW Overpass

Orange County, New York

Photos 

Photo taken by Steven2012

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BH Photo #275536

Map 

Description 

Originally a crossing of the New York, Ontario & Western mainline prior to the latter's abandonment in 1957.

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Rail-Trail on Metro-North Commuter Railroad
Location
Orange County, New York
Status
Open to traffic
Railroads
- Commuter Rail
- Conrail (CR)
- Erie Lackawanna Railroad (EL)
- Erie Railroad (ERIE)
- Metro-North Commuter Railroad (MNCW)
- New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA)
- New York, Ontario, & Western Railway (OW)
Design
Quadrangular lattice through truss
Also called
O&W Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.45750, -74.27912   (decimal degrees)
41°27'27" N, 74°16'45" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/560206/4589796 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Goshen
Inventory number
BH 59874 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Commuter Rail (440)
Conrail (1,554)
Erie Lackawanna Railroad (391)
Erie Railroad (268)
Grade Separated Rail Crossing (380)
Lattice through truss (554)
Lattice truss (586)
Metro-North Commuter Railroad (153)
New York (4,396)
New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority (111)
 New York, Ontario, & Western Railway (32)
Open (39,880)
Orange County, New York (115)
Owned by railroad (12,415)
Quadrangular lattice through truss (181)
Rail-to-trail (1,535)
Railroad (15,408)
Skewed (4,906)
Through truss (15,054)
Truss (32,768)

Update Log 

  • June 4, 2020: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
  • April 29, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • November 16, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • March 19, 2018: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
  • February 21, 2014: Added by Luke Harden

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