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Lamoille Valley Rail-Trail - Needles Eye Road Overpass

Lamoille County, Vermont

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Lamoille Valley Rail-Trail - Needles Eye Road Overpass

Northern approach

Photo taken by Michael Quiet

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BH Photo #295257

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Overview
Steel stringer bridge over Needles Eye Road on Lamoille Valley Rail-Trail
Location
Morrisvile, Lamoille County, Vermont
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Built for the St. J & LC railroad, abandoned 1997, converted to pedestrian use 2002
Railroads
- Boston & Maine Railroad (BM)
- Lamoille Valley Railroad (LVRC)
- Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad (P&O)
- St. Johnsbury & Lamoille County Railroad (StJ&LC)
Design
Steel stringer
Also called
LVRC - Bridge No. 56
StJ&LC - Bridge No. 56
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.57745, -72.60586   (decimal degrees)
44°34'39" N, 72°36'21" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/690077/4938800 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Morrisville
Inventory number
BH 63112 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (15,715)
Boston & Maine Railroad (402)
Lamoille County, Vermont (36)
Lamoille Valley Rail-Trail (10)
Lamoille Valley Railroad (24)
Morrisvile, Vermont (2)
Open to pedestrians (4,215)
Owned by state (15,985)
 Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad (36)
Preserved (1,186)
Rail-to-trail (1,539)
Railroad (15,412)
St. Johnsbury & Lamoille County Railroad (26)
Steel stringer (6,222)
Vermont (615)

Update Log 

  • September 23, 2014: Added by Michael Quiet

Sources 

  • Michael Quiet - mquiet [at] gmail [dot] com

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