Lime Rock Park Bailey Bridge

Photo

Underneath that banner is a war surplus bailey truss.

Photo taken by Sarah

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)

BH Photo #238735

10 ton weight limit.

Overview: Bailey pony truss bridge over Lime Rock Park Raceway on Lime Rock Park Ingress Road
Location: Lime Rock, Litchfield County, Connecticut
Status: Open to traffic
History: Erected at the racetrack in 1955, raised in 2008
Design: Bailey pony truss, Single Story
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on October 16, 2009
Approximate latitude, longitude: +41.92912, -73.38742 (decimal degrees)
41°55'45" N, 73°23'15" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/633699/4643163 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Sharon
Inventory numbers: NRHP 08001380 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 53463 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

May 15, 2018: Updated by Luke: Noted that the course (And thusly the bridge) are NRHP-listed
May 3, 2018: New Street View added by Luke
July 6, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Refined design.
September 6, 2012: Added by Luke Harden

Lime Rock Park Bailey Bridge

Posted September 6, 2012, by Bill Eichelberger (wallyum [at] hotmail [dot] com)

As you look at it, this suggests what should be a relatively peaceful section of the course. The skidmarks, though, appear to tell another story.