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LI/Amtrak - Queens Boulevard Overpass

Queens County, New York

Photos 

Published prior to 1923

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BH Photo #387709

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Queens Boulevard on Long Island Railroad and Amtrak
Location
New York City, Queens County, New York
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1915
Railroads
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Long Island Railroad (LI)
- New York Connecting Railroad (NYCN)
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Rapid Transit
Design
Pony plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 84.0 ft.
Total length: 431.8 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.74032, -73.89700   (decimal degrees)
40°44'25" N, 73°53'49" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/593128/4510515 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Brooklyn
Inventory numbers
NY 7703970 (New York State bridge identification number)
BH 76673 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Amtrak (536)
Built 1915 (1,229)
Built during 1910s (9,647)
Girder (10,248)
Have street view (26,959)
Long Island Railroad (78)
New York (4,405)
New York City, New York (321)
New York Connecting Railroad (18)
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (511)
 Open (39,899)
Owned by railroad (12,432)
Penn Central Railroad (1,353)
Plate girder (7,934)
Queens County, New York (116)
Railroad (15,439)
Rapid Transit (111)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,434)
Through girder (3,813)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,237)

Update Log 

  • September 5, 2020: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
  • April 16, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • April 20, 2017: Added by Dave King

Sources 

  • Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Geoff Hubbs
  • Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com

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