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NH - Housatonic River Bridge
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Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923; Provided by Nathan Holth/HistoricBridges.org
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BH Photo #467424
Description
Double-intersection Warren deck truss bridge over the Housatonic River replacing an earlier wooden bridge on the former HP&F/NY&NE Waterbury-Danbury route. Abandoned as a through route in 1937; the remaining branch to Southbury, this bridge included, was abandoned in 1948.Facts
- Overview
- Lost Double-intersection Warren deck truss bridge over Housatonic River on New Haven Railroad
- Location
- Newtown, New Haven County, Connecticut, and Fairfield County, Connecticut
- Status
- Removed but not replaced
- History
- Built 1905-6; abandoned & removed in 1948
- Builder
- - Boston Bridge Works of Boston, Massachusetts
- Railroads
- - Hartford, Providence & Fishkill Railroad (HP&F)
- New York & New England Railroad (NYNE)
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH)
- Design
- Double-intersection Warren deck truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.43562, -73.26460 (decimal degrees)
41°26'08" N, 73°15'53" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/644987/4588569 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Newtown
- Inventory number
- BH 65266 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Sources
- Ian Martin
- Tyler City Station - "Sandy Hook" section shows a photo of the bridge being removed
- Luke
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