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MNCW - Naugatuck River Bridge (Waterbury)

New Haven County, Connecticut

Photo 

MNCW Naugatuck River Bridge - East Elevation

Photo taken by Ian Martin in August 2014

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BH Photo #291596

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Street View 

Description 

Originally a four-track deck plate girder span, center pier was washed out in 1955 floods and the replacement pier and bridge was narrowed to two tracks. West track no longer in use following the end of Tilcon service in the early 2000s.

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Naugatuck River on Metro-North Waterbury Branch
Location
Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1907, heavily damaged by flooding and repaired 1955
Railroads
- Commuter Rail
- Guilford Rail System (GRS)
- Hartford, Providence & Fishkill Railroad (HP&F)
- Metro-North Commuter Railroad (MNCW)
- Naugatuck Railroad (NAUG)
- New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA)
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH)
- Pan Am Railways (PAR)
- Springfield Terminal Railway (ST)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 114.0 ft.
Total length: 229.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.54746, -73.04415   (decimal degrees)
41°32'51" N, 73°02'39" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/663125/4601380 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Waterbury
Inventory number
BH 62515 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1907 (747)
Built during 1900s (7,652)
Commuter Rail (439)
Connecticut (840)
Deck girder (6,310)
Girder (11,181)
Guilford Rail System (101)
Hartford, Providence & Fishkill Railroad (49)
Have street view (28,926)
Metro-North Commuter Railroad (163)
Naugatuck Railroad (22)
Naugatuck River (30)
New Haven County, Connecticut (187)
 New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority (111)
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (529)
Open (40,970)
Owned by state (16,567)
Pan Am Railways (137)
Plate girder (8,735)
Railroad (16,464)
Skewed (5,012)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,554)
Springfield Terminal Railway (164)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,481)
Waterbury, Connecticut (28)

Update Log 

  • August 20, 2014: New photo from Ian Martin
  • August 16, 2014: New Street View added by Ian Martin

Sources 

  • Ian Martin

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