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61181
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Farmington River Trail - Farmington River Bridge
Description
Former NH&N New Hartford Branch that was abandoned by the NYNH&H in 1965. While in use, the structure consisted of a northern approach of girder and stringer spans over the Collins Co. mill yard, a double-intersection Warren through truss over the Farmington River, and two arch spans. Following abandonment, the girder spans over the mill yard were removed and Arch Street was rerouted to pass behind the south abutment. The northern approaches were replaced by mail-order pedestrian bridges and a wooden ramp was constructed from the south abutment down to Arch Street when the Farmington River Trail was constructed in the early 2000s.
Facts
- Overview
- Double-intersection Warren through truss bridge over Farmington River & Millrace on Farmington River Trail
- Location
- Collinsville, Hartford County, Connecticut
- Status
- Open to pedestrians only
- History
- Built 1904, abandoned 1965
- Railroads
- - New Haven & Northampton Railroad (NH&N)
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH)
- Design
- Double-intersection Warren through truss
- Dimensions
-
Length of largest span: 175.0 ft.
- Also called
- NH - Farmington River Bridge (S)
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.80792, -72.92274 (decimal degrees)
41°48'29" N, 72°55'22" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/672554/4630536 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Collinsville
- Inventory numbers
- CT 09913R (Connecticut bridge number)
BH 61181 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- January 8, 2022: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
- March 24, 2018: New photos from Chester Gehman
- February 3, 2015: Photo imported by Ian Martin
- August 19, 2014: Updated by Ian Martin: Added details
- June 2, 2014: Added by Luke Harden
Sources
- Luke
- ConnDOT
- Ian Martin
- Chester Gehman - gehmanc2000 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com