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Farmington Canal Heritage Trail - Dixwell Avenue Overpass

New Haven County, Connecticut

Photos 

Canal Line Dixwell Avenue Overpass

Western side

Photo taken by Ian Martin in January 2021

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BH Photo #488446

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Street View 

Description 

Former New Haven & Northampton, later NYNH&H "Canal Line." Abandoned in the early 80s and converted to a rail-trail in the mid 1990s.

Facts 

Overview
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Dixwell Avenue on Farmington Canal Heritage Trail
Location
Hamden, New Haven County, Connecticut
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Built 1928
Railroads
- New Haven & Northampton Railroad (NH&N)
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH)
Design
Pony plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 90.0 ft.
Total length: 105.0 ft.
Also called
NH Canal Line Bridge 5.91
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.37784, -72.91462   (decimal degrees)
41°22'40" N, 72°54'53" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/674383/4582800 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Mount Carmel
Inventory numbers
CT 00644 (Connecticut bridge number)
BH 62492 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1928 (1,221)
Built during 1920s (10,256)
Connecticut (837)
East Coast Greenway (93)
Farmington Canal Heritage Trail (20)
Girder (11,169)
Hamden, Connecticut (11)
Have street view (28,893)
New Haven & Northampton Railroad (40)
New Haven County, Connecticut (187)
 New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (529)
Open to pedestrians (4,580)
Owned by state (16,554)
Plate girder (8,724)
Rail-to-trail (1,656)
Railroad (16,455)
Skewed (5,012)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,651)
Through girder (4,189)
Total length 100-125 feet (5,375)

Update Log 

  • January 10, 2021: New photos from Ian Martin
  • August 15, 2014: New Street View added by Ian Martin

Sources 

  • Ian Martin

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