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CSX - Highland Falls Bridge

Orange County, New York

Photo 

Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923

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BH Photo #360523

Map 

Street View 

Description 

Lattice 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
Lattice 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)
- New York Central Railroad (NYC)
- New York, West Shore & Buffalo Railroad (NYWS&B)
- West Shore Railroad (WSH)
Design
Lattice through truss
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)
Inventory number
BH 62019 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (6,155)
Built 1883 (128)
Built during 1880s (1,638)
CSX Railroad (1,244)
Have street view (21,887)
Highland Falls, New York (1)
Hudson River (49)
Lattice through truss (453)
Lattice truss (485)
New York (3,154)
 New York Central Railroad (407)
New York, West Shore & Buffalo Railroad (27)
Open (36,398)
Orange County, New York (88)
Owned by railroad (9,753)
Railroad (13,045)
Through truss (12,860)
Truss (29,375)
West Shore Railroad (23)

Update Log 

  • 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

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CSX - Highland Falls Bridge
Posted August 31, 2017, by Steven (stevenwilliamson68 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Why was this section of shoreline difficult for the railroad?