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NH - Red Car Bridge
Photos
Train Winsted 1
Train is eastbound
Photo likely taken by Frank H. DeMars ca. 1900
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)
Sources
- Ian Martin
- Winsted and Winchester - Google Books - Photo on page 71
- The Central New England Railway - Photos of remaining abutments, source for name
- NHRHTA New Haven RR Forum - Info on removal
- Chester Gehman - gehmanc2000 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Not sure of source of "Red Car Bridge." Nimke (The Central New England Railway Story" refers to it as Red Stone Bridge.