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NH - Sakonnet River Bridge

Newport County, Rhode Island

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NYNH&H - Sakonnet River Bridge

Bridge abandoned

Photo taken by Douglas Butler

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BH Photo #285042

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Overview
Abandoned pratt through truss bridge over Sakonnet River on New York New Haven & Hartford RR
Location
Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island
Status
Removed
History
Built 1899; Closed 1980 after being damaged by an overweight train; Hit by boat 1988; Demolished 2006-7
Builder
- Pennsylvania Steel Co. of Steelton, Pennsylvania
Railroad
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH)
Design
Swing
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.63896, -71.21339   (decimal degrees)
41°38'20" N, 71°12'48" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
19/315654/4612057 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Fall River
Inventory number
BH 61284 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (6,905)
Built 1899 (364)
Built during 1890s (2,757)
Lost (22,396)
Lost 2007 (315)
Lost during 2000s (4,043)
Movable (2,855)
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (435)
Newport County, Rhode Island (16)
Owned by railroad (11,113)
 Pennsylvania Steel Co. (144)
Pratt through truss (5,021)
Pratt truss (8,771)
Railroad (14,385)
Rhode Island (176)
Swing (1,368)
Through truss (14,082)
Tiverton, Rhode Island (3)
Truss (31,271)

Update Log 

  • September 23, 2018: New photo from Dana and Kay Klein
  • January 13, 2018: New photo from Dave King
  • September 13, 2014: Updated by Luke: Added info + pic
  • June 9, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler

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