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MNCW - Norwalk River Bridge

Fairfield County, Connecticut

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Norwalk River Bridge

Norwalk River Bridge. Norwalk, Fairfield Co., CT. Sec. 9108, MP 41.47. - Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut & Connecticut/Rhode Island State Lines, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

View this photo at lcweb2.loc.gov

BH Photo #289139

Map 

Street View 

Video 

Harold Cobin

Facts 

Overview
Double-intersection Warren deck truss swing bridge over Norwalk River on Metro-North New Haven Line
Location
South Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut
Status
Open to traffic
Future prospects
Moveable span becoming prone to failures in early 2014, will likely be fast-tracked for replacement.
History
Built 1896
Builder
- Berlin Iron Bridge Co. of East Berlin, Connecticut
Railroads
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Metro-North Commuter Railroad (MNCW)
- New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA)
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH)
- Northeast Corridor (NEC)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
Design
Double-intersection Warren deck truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 202.0 ft.
Total length: 562.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 12, 1987
Also called
WALK Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.10047, -73.41525   (decimal degrees)
41°06'02" N, 73°24'55" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/633079/4551120 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Norwalk South
Inventory numbers
CT 04288R (Connecticut bridge number)
NRHP 87000844 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 61894 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,756)
Amtrak (550)
Berlin Iron Bridge Co. (182)
Built 1896 (278)
Built during 1890s (3,038)
Connecticut (797)
Deck truss (1,787)
Double-intersection Warren deck truss (89)
Double-intersection Warren truss (461)
Fairfield County, Connecticut (180)
Have street view (27,300)
Metro-North Commuter Railroad (156)
Movable (3,033)
 NR-listed (2,974)
New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority (111)
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (518)
Northeast Corridor (156)
Norwalk, Connecticut (22)
Open (40,093)
Owned by railroad (12,736)
Penn Central Railroad (1,443)
South Norwalk, Connecticut (1)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,999)
Swing (1,494)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,904)
Truss (33,434)

Update Log 

  • June 16, 2021: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • January 30, 2021: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
  • October 1, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • December 11, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
  • September 17, 2015: New video from Douglas Butler
  • October 10, 2014: Photo imported by Dave King
  • October 2, 2014: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
  • July 24, 2014: New photos from Douglas Butler
  • July 24, 2014: New Street View added by Ian Martin

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Sources 

  • Ian Martin
  • Wikipedia
  • Douglas Butler
  • THE BIG OPENING - Norwalk River Railroad Swing Span Drawbridge
  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • HAER CT-11 - Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut & Connecticut/Rhode Island State Lines, New Haven, New Haven County, CT
  • Geoff Hubbs
  • Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com

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