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Shepaug River Bridge

Litchfield County, Connecticut

Photo 

Photo taken by Doug Kerr in January 2006

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BH Photo #195587

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over Shepaug River on CT 47 in Washington
Location
Washington, Litchfield County, Connecticut
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1929; rehabilitated 1988 and stripped of creativity 2012.
Design
Warren pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 75.1 ft.
Total length: 81.0 ft.
Deck width: 27.9 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.65686, -73.31831   (decimal degrees)
41°39'25" N, 73°19'06" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/640021/4613044 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
New Preston
Average daily traffic (as of 2015)
2,500
Inventory numbers
CT 1007 (Connecticut bridge number)
BH 12134 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of March 2017)
Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 94.1 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Built 1929 (1,021)
Built during 1920s (10,008)
Connecticut (792)
Have street view (27,196)
Litchfield County, Connecticut (88)
Open (40,007)
Owned by state (16,134)
 Pony truss (16,345)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,470)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,611)
Truss (33,222)
Warren pony truss (3,408)
Warren truss (6,646)
Washington, Connecticut (2)

Update Log 

  • March 29, 2016: Updated by Elliott Johnson: The "Rehabilitation" in 2012 removed the trusses so it is no longer a truss bridge.
  • October 5, 2013: Updated by Brent Tindall: Adjusted GPS coordinates
  • March 21, 2011: New photo from Doug Kerr
  • March 19, 2011: New Street View added by J.P.

Sources 

  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Doug Kerr
  • Brent Tindall - bizzat219 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Elliott Johnson - elliottsgon15 [at] hotmail [dot] com

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