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P&W - Crook Point Drawbridge

Providence County, Rhode Island

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PW Seekonk River Bridge

Photo by rprata

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

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BH Photo #305867

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Description 

Former Providence, Warren & Bristol Railroad, later absorbed into the New Haven. Abandoned by the P&W in the 1980s when the East Providence branch was severed from the NEC by the downtown reconstruction project.

Facts 

Overview
Abandoned warren through truss bridge over Seekonk River on Providence & Worcester Railroad
Location
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
Status
Derelict/abandoned Raised
History
Built 1906
Builder
- Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois
Railroads
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH)
- Providence & Worcester Railroad (PW)
Design
Warren through truss rolling lift
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 134.0 ft.
Also called
P&W - Seekonk River Drawbridge
NH - Crook Point Drawbridge
NH - Seekonk River Drawbridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.82386, -71.38524   (decimal degrees)
41°49'26" N, 71°23'07" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
19/301909/4632970 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Providence
Inventory number
BH 61036 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (3,246)
Bascule (1,032)
Built 1906 (567)
Built during 1900s (6,633)
Have street view (24,639)
Movable (2,798)
Navigable waterway (2,085)
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (418)
Providence & Worcester Railroad (53)
Providence County, Rhode Island (99)
 Providence, Rhode Island (20)
Railroad (14,152)
Rhode Island (176)
Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Co. (121)
Span length 125-175 feet (3,918)
Through truss (13,603)
Truss (30,584)
Warren through truss (1,523)
Warren truss (6,009)

Update Log 

  • March 7, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • January 12, 2017: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • January 11, 2017: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
  • October 24, 2014: Photo imported by Ian Martin
  • August 8, 2014: New Street View added by Ian Martin
  • June 4, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • May 21, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler

Sources 

  • Douglas Butler
  • Ian Martin
  • Geoff Hubbs

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