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The Iron Bridge

New Haven County, Connecticut

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The Iron Bridge, Seymour, CT

Photo uploaded by Art S

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BH Photo #353704

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Lenticular through truss bridge over Naugatuck River on Broad Street in Seymour
Location
Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut
Status
Destroyed by flooding
History
Built 1883; Destroyed in the Flood of 1955
Design
Lenticular through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.39081, -73.07407   (decimal degrees)
41°23'27" N, 73°04'27" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/661017/4583931 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Naugatuck
Inventory number
BH 72237 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,407)
Built 1883 (175)
Built during 1880s (2,176)
Connecticut (840)
Destroyed by flood (614)
Lenticular through truss (91)
Lenticular truss (192)
 Lost (28,561)
Naugatuck River (30)
New Haven County, Connecticut (187)
Pin-connected (4,721)
Seymour, Connecticut (8)
Through truss (16,834)
Truss (35,523)

Update Log 

  • February 3, 2019: New photo from Chester Gehman
  • May 19, 2016: Updated by Luke: Added cause of loss + link to flooding image
  • May 19, 2016: Added by ArtS

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