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LIRR - DB/BLISS Drawbridge

Queens County, New York

Photos 

Photo taken by Matt Green

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA)

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BH Photo #276561

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Pratt through truss bridge over Dutch Kills Creek on Long Island Railroad
Location
New York City, Queens County, New York
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1893;
Builder
- Pencoyd Bridge & Construction Co. of Pencoyd, Pennsylvania
Railroads
- Commuter Rail
- Long Island Railroad (LIRR)
- New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA)
Design
Pratt through truss
Also called
LIRR - Dutch Kills Creek Swing Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.73814, -73.94497   (decimal degrees)
40°44'17" N, 73°56'42" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/589080/4510223 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Brooklyn
Inventory number
BH 60024 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (6,743)
Built 1893 (200)
Built during 1890s (2,686)
Commuter Rail (430)
Have street view (24,715)
Long Island Railroad (55)
Movable (2,804)
New York (3,667)
New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority (111)
New York City, New York (289)
 Open (38,020)
Owned by railroad (10,870)
Pencoyd Bridge & Construction Co. (12)
Pratt through truss (4,824)
Pratt truss (8,402)
Queens County, New York (72)
Railroad (14,207)
Swing (1,343)
Through truss (13,727)
Truss (30,724)

Update Log 

  • November 16, 2017: Updated by Luke: Added builder from smashed plaque
  • March 5, 2014: New photos from Douglas Butler
  • March 1, 2014: Added by Luke Harden

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