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NAUG - Chase Bridge

New Haven County, Connecticut, and Litchfield County, Connecticut

Photo 

Photo taken by Patrick Gurwell in January 2022

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BH Photo #514806

Map 

Street View 

Description 

Former Naugatuck RR mainline, later the NYNH&H Naugatuck Line, now part of the Naugatuck RR scenic railroad/Railroad Museum of New England.

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Naugatuck River on Naugatuck Railroad in Waterbury
Location
Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, and Litchfield County, Connecticut
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1907
Railroads
- Naugatuck Railroad (NAUG)
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH)
- Railroad Museum of New England (NAUG; RMNE)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 56.0 ft.
Total length: 238.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.60251, -73.05916   (decimal degrees)
41°36'09" N, 73°03'33" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/661736/4607464 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Waterbury
Inventory numbers
CT 09108R (Connecticut bridge number)
BH 61862 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1907 (746)
Built during 1900s (7,642)
Connecticut (839)
Deck girder (6,303)
Girder (11,169)
Have street view (28,909)
Litchfield County, Connecticut (93)
Naugatuck Railroad (22)
Naugatuck River (30)
New Haven County, Connecticut (187)
 New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (529)
Open (40,968)
Owned by railroad (13,501)
Plate girder (8,724)
Railroad (16,459)
Railroad Museum of New England (4)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,420)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,477)
Waterbury, Connecticut (28)

Update Log 

  • January 8, 2022: New photo from Patrick Gurwell
  • July 23, 2014: New Street View added by Ian Martin

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • Ian Martin
  • ConnDOT
  • Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com

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