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NH - Shepaug Division Housatonic River Bridge
Description
Housatonic River crossing on the NH Shepaug Division, originally the Shepaug, Litchfield & Northern Railroad. Built 1883 to replaced an earlier wooden bridge, potentially of a Brown Truss design as noted on Wikipedia. Fairly certain this was a double-intersection Warren based on the New Haven's frequent use of the design and having seen a photo of the side elevation several years back.
Removed 1949 after the New Haven was allowed to abandon the low-traffic Shepaug line. The railroad was the last impediment to the construction of the Shepaug Dam, which opened four years later and submerged the remaining piers and abutments 70+ feet below the surface of Lake Lillinonah.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Double-intersection Warren deck truss bridge over Housatonic River on NYNH&H Shepaug Division
- Location
- Newtown, New Haven County, Connecticut
- Status
- Removed but not replaced
- History
- Built 1883; removed 1949
- Railroads
- - New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH)
- Shepaug, Litchfield & Northern Railroad (SLN)
- Design
- Double-intersection Warren deck truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.46819, -73.31200 (decimal degrees)
41°28'05" N, 73°18'43" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/640956/4592107 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 89441 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- May 26, 2020: Added by Ian Martin
Unnamed Dude Ryan:
The actual bridge was removed in 1949--only the piers and abutments are under water. The link is dead but was part of:
http://www.vizettes.com/kt/rr/dn-rr-history/shepaug.htm