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P&W - Crook Point Drawbridge
Photos
PW Seekonk River Bridge
Photo by rprata
License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)
BH Photo #305867
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.Tucked into the state’s latest 10-year transportation improvement plan known as RhodeWorks, which became law in 2016, $6 million is earmarked to demolish the Crook Point Bridge in 2026-27.
https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/providence/an-attractiv...
Facts
- Overview
- Abandoned warren through truss bridge over Seekonk River on Providence & Worcester Railroad
- Location
- Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
- Status
- Derelict/abandoned Raised
- Future prospects
- Tucked into the state's latest 10-year transportation improvement plan known as RhodeWorks, which became law in 2016, $6 million is earmarked to demolish the Crook Point Bridge in 2026-27.
- 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
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Length of largest span: 134.0 ft.
- Also called
- NH - Crook Point Drawbridge
P&W - Seekonk River 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)
Update Log
- July 30, 2019: Photo imported by Alexander D. Mitchell IV
- 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
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Learn about local efforts to preserve this bridge and try to save it from demolition here: http://ppsri.org/advocacy/current-advocacy/crook-point-bascu...