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NH - Red Car Bridge
Photos
Train Winsted 1
Train is eastbound
Photo likely taken by Frank H. DeMars ca. 1900
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BH Photo #481145
Description
Deck truss crossing of the Still River on the former Connecticut Western, later Central New England, mainline. Removed in April 1939 following abandonment by the New Haven, which in conjunction with the removal of the former CNE to the west made the Naugatuck line the only route into Winsted.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Deck truss bridge over Still River on Central New England Railway
- Location
- Winsted, Litchfield County, Connecticut
- Status
- Removed but not replaced
- History
- Removed April 1939
- Railroads
- - Central New England Railway (CNE)
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH)
- Design
- Deck truss
- Also called
- CNE - Still River Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.91489, -73.05794 (decimal degrees)
41°54'54" N, 73°03'29" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/661054/4642150 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 89440 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- September 11, 2020: New photos from Chester Gehman
- May 26, 2020: Added by Ian Martin
Not sure of source of "Red Car Bridge." Nimke (The Central New England Railway Story" refers to it as Red Stone Bridge.