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CNZR - Armory Branch Scantic River Bridge

Hartford County, Connecticut

Photo 

CNZR Scantic River Bridge, Looking South from Water St

Photo by Ian Martin

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BH Photo #288961

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Facts 

Overview
Abandoned deck plate girder bridge over Scantic River and Water Street on Central New England Railroad
Location
Hazardville, Hartford County, Connecticut
Status
Track is currently out of service
History
Built 1914
Railroads
- Central New England Railroad (CNZR)
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH)
Design
Deck plate girder over river; through plate girder over Water Street.
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 71.0 ft.
Total length: 180.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.98308, -72.51767   (decimal degrees)
41°58'59" N, 72°31'04" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/705641/4650878 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Broad Brook
Inventory numbers
CT 09818R (Connecticut bridge number)
BH 61821 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (3,681)
Built 1914 (812)
Built during 1910s (9,677)
Central New England Railroad (1)
Connecticut (777)
Deck girder (5,778)
Girder (10,301)
Hartford County, Connecticut (134)
Hazardville, Connecticut (3)
 New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (512)
Owned by railroad (12,505)
Plate girder (7,985)
Railroad (15,607)
Scantic River (1)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,104)
Through girder (3,843)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,286)

Update Log 

  • July 22, 2014: Added by Ian Martin

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CNZR - Armory Branch Scantic River Bridge
Posted October 27, 2020, by DRussell (evildog46 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Before they removed the dam that was just down river, this bridge was often jumped off of by local teens. Locally called, “The Trestle”. As in, “Let’s meet at “the trestle” and we’ll jump into the water.”