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MNCW - Main Street Overpass

New Haven County, Connecticut

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Main Street Railroad Overpass - West Side

Photo taken by Ian Martin in April 2021

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BH Photo #495207

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Overview
1905 Pony plate girder bridge over Main St (CT-115) on Metro-North Waterbury Branch
Location
Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1906
Railroads
- Commuter Rail
- Metro-North Commuter Railroad (MNCW)
- Naugatuck Railroad (NAUG)
- New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA)
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH)
Design
Pony plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 48.9 ft.
Total length: 64.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.39224, -73.07311   (decimal degrees)
41°23'32" N, 73°04'23" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/661094/4584092 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Naugatuck
Inventory numbers
CT 01321R (Connecticut bridge number)
BH 63257 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1906 (652)
Built during 1900s (7,631)
Commuter Rail (439)
Connecticut (837)
Curb Columns (167)
Girder (11,169)
Have street view (28,888)
Metro-North Commuter Railroad (163)
Naugatuck Railroad (22)
New Haven County, Connecticut (187)
 New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority (111)
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (529)
Open (40,964)
Owned by railroad (13,492)
Plate girder (8,724)
Railroad (16,453)
Seymour, Connecticut (8)
Span length 25-50 feet (16,217)
Through girder (4,189)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,564)

Update Log 

  • April 10, 2021: New photos from Ian Martin
  • September 28, 2014: Added by Royce and Bobette Haley

Sources 

  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Ian Martin

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