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RUT/CV - Rouses Point Bridge

Grand Isle County, Vermont, and Clinton County, New York

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RUT/CV - Rouses Point Bridge

Removed

Photo taken by Douglas Butler

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Railroad Bridge Rouses Point

Brian Seguin

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Lake Champlain on Rutland Railroad/Central Vermont Railroad
Location
Rouses Point, Grand Isle County, Vermont, and Clinton County, New York
Status
Mostly Removed
History
Built 1906 by the American Bridge Co.; Swing span demolished 1965
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York
Railroads
- Central Vermont Railway (CV)
- Rutland Railroad (RUT)
Design
Howe through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.99245, -73.34835   (decimal degrees)
44°59'33" N, 73°20'54" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/630192/4983438 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Rouses Point
Inventory number
BH 61031 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Alburgh, Vermont (2)
American Bridge Co. (1,492)
Beam (15,386)
Built 1906 (609)
Built during 1900s (7,135)
Central Vermont Railway (66)
Clinton County, New York (56)
Grand Isle County, Vermont (15)
Howe through truss (441)
Howe truss (545)
Lost (24,184)
Lost 1965 (76)
Lost during 1960s (723)
 Movable (2,927)
Navigable waterway (2,135)
New York (4,166)
Railroad (15,286)
Rouses Point, New York (2)
Rutland Railroad (45)
State line crossing (843)
Swing (1,422)
Through truss (14,888)
Timber stringer (3,970)
Truss (32,500)
Vermont (596)

Update Log 

  • November 24, 2015: New video from Douglas Butler
  • November 12, 2014: New photo from Luke
  • May 22, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • May 21, 2014: Added by Luke Harden

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