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Bridge Street Viaduct

Fairfield County, Connecticut

Photos 

Photo uploaded by Art S

View this photo at ebay.com

BH Photo #359930

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Lenticular through truss bridge over New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad on Bridge Street in Shelton.
Location
Shelton, Fairfield County, Connecticut
Status
Collapsed
History
Built 1888; Collapsed due to overweight cement truck 1950
Builder
- Berlin Iron Bridge Co. of East Berlin, Connecticut
Railroad
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH)
Design
Lenticular through truss
Also called
Shelton Viaduct
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.31786, -73.09289   (decimal degrees)
41°19'04" N, 73°05'34" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/659621/4575798 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Ansonia
Inventory number
BH 73076 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,707)
Berlin Iron Bridge Co. (203)
Built 1888 (244)
Built during 1880s (2,229)
Collapsed (453)
Connecticut (842)
Fairfield County, Connecticut (195)
Lenticular through truss (92)
Lenticular truss (195)
 Lost (29,205)
Lost 1950 (82)
Lost during 1950s (938)
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (529)
Pin-connected (4,907)
Shelton, Connecticut (7)
Through truss (17,289)
Truss (36,056)

Update Log 

  • April 17, 2022: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • December 18, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • May 21, 2018: Updated by Luke: Added date; Corrected GPS/what the bridge crossed/cause of loss
  • December 12, 2017: New photo from Dana and Kay Klein
  • August 4, 2016: Added by ArtS

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