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CSX - Highland Falls Bridge
Description
Whipple through truss on the CSX River Subdivision (former Conrail River Line and NYC West Shore Route). Crosses a difficult section of shoreline where presumably cutting or filling was prohibitive.Facts
- Overview
- Whipple through truss bridge over Hudson River Shoreline on CSX River Subdivision
- Location
- Highland Falls, Orange County, New York
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1883
- Railroads
- - CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Conrail (CR)
- New York Central Railroad (NYC)
- New York, West Shore & Buffalo Railroad (NYWS&B)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- West Shore Railroad (WSH)
- Design
- Whipple through truss
- Dimensions
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Span length: 199.5 ft.
Total length: 199.5 ft.
Deck width: 29.0 ft.
- Also called
- West Shore Railroad Bridge No. 56
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.37150, -73.96097 (decimal degrees)
41°22'17" N, 73°57'39" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/586892/4580519 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Peekskill
- Inventory number
- BH 62019 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- November 30, 2020: Updated by Ian Martin: Added dimensions
- July 15, 2020: Updated by Tony Dillon: Changed overview and description from Lattice to Whipple.
- July 15, 2020: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
- March 20, 2018: Updated by Art Suckewer: Pictures and SA article describe a Whipple double intersection through truss
- March 19, 2018: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
- August 14, 2016: New photo from Luke
- August 14, 2016: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
- November 30, 2014: Updated by Ian Martin: Added approximate build year
- July 27, 2014: Added by Ian Martin
Sources
- Ian Martin
- CSX Railroad Bridge, Hudson River, West Point NY by jag9889 on Flickr
- Dana and Kay Klein
- Luke
- Art Suckewer - Asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com
- Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Report of the Board of railroad commissioners of the state of New York on strains on railroad bridges of the state (1891) - Technical specifications + drawing pp. 1749-51 (1781-3 in viewer)
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Why was this section of shoreline difficult for the railroad?