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WACR - White River Bridge

Windsor County, Vermont

Photos 

WACR White River Bridge pano1

Looking SE

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in April 2015

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BH Photo #329351

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Facts 

Overview
Pony/through plate girder bridge over White River on Railroad (WACR)
Location
White River Junction, Windsor County, Vermont
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1936; Emergency pier replacement 2011
Railroads
- Boston & Maine Railroad (B&M; BM)
- Washington County Railroad (WACR)
Design
Pony plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 123.5 ft.
Total length: 387.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.64945, -72.31665   (decimal degrees)
43°38'58" N, 72°18'60" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/716401/4836438 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Hanover
Inventory number
BH 58743 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Boston & Maine Railroad (355)
Built 1936 (1,049)
Built during 1930s (10,772)
Girder (8,558)
Have street view (23,743)
Open (37,184)
Owned by railroad (10,403)
Plate girder (6,567)
 Railroad (13,777)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,101)
Through girder (3,193)
Total length 250-500 feet (4,727)
Vermont (561)
Washington County Railroad (27)
White River Junction, Vermont (2)
Windsor County, Vermont (81)

Update Log 

  • January 19, 2017: Updated by Michael Quiet: Removed categories "Montpelier & Barre Railroad", "New England Central Railroad", "Central Vermont Railway"
  • June 14, 2015: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
  • November 12, 2014: Updated by Michael Quiet: Removed category "Vermont Railway". Bridge is not part of this rail system
  • November 8, 2013: Added by Luke Harden

Sources 

  • Luke
  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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WACR - White River Bridge
Posted January 19, 2017, by Michael Quiet (mquiet [at] gmail [dot] com)

I concur, and also removed the "Central Vermont" category as well, as the Central Vermont/NECR trackage enters White River junction south of this river and never operated over this bridge. The Montpelier and Barre trackage is what is now the Washington County 'Granite Division' and also never operated here.

WACR - White River Bridge
Posted January 19, 2017, by Steve LaBonte (mv_jct [at] yahoo [dot] com)

This bridge was not a part of the Montpelier and Barre or the New England Central RR.

Between the when the B&M left the line and the Washington County too over the line was operated by the Canadian Pacific railway.