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NH - Lyman Viaduct

New London County, Connecticut

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Construction

Photo taken on July 4, 1871

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BH Photo #234229

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Buried Deck truss bridge over Dickinson Creek on former New Haven, Middletown and Willimantic Railroad in Colchester
Location
Colchester, New London County, Connecticut
Status
Filled in
History
Built 1871-73, buried by fill in 1912-13, railroad abandoned in 1965
Builders
- Edward W. Serrell of London, England, United Kingdom (engineer)
- Phoenix Iron Co. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (iron manufacturer)
Railroads
- Boston & New York Air-Line Railroad (B&NY)
- New Haven, Middletown & Willimantic Railroad (NHM&W)
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH)
Design
Wrought iron deck truss
Dimensions
Total length: 1,100.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on August 21, 1986
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.56430, -72.44996   (decimal degrees)
41°33'51" N, 72°26'60" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/712631/4604543 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Moodus
Inventory numbers
NRHP 86002729 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 48763 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,560)
Air Line State Park Trail (17)
Boston & New York Air-Line Railroad (17)
Built 1873 (98)
Built during 1870s (1,107)
Colchester, Connecticut (2)
Connecticut (772)
Deck truss (1,731)
Edward W. Serrell (2)
Filled in (75)
Lost (24,719)
Lost 1912 (37)
Lost during 1910s (489)
 NR-listed (2,960)
New Haven, Middletown & Willimantic Railroad (19)
New London County, Connecticut (73)
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (511)
Other deck truss (20)
Phoenix Iron Co. (32)
Rail-to-trail (1,536)
Railroad (15,411)
Tall Bridges (324)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,883)
Truss (32,773)
Wrought Iron (394)

Update Log 

  • August 1, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Corrected truss type to "Othe"r, as Post Deck Truss is not among the categories avaliable.
  • August 1, 2013: New photo from Jacob P. Bernard
  • April 20, 2013: New photos from Jacob P. Bernard
  • June 28, 2012: New photo from Jacob P. Bernard
  • May 12, 2011: Added by Jacob P. Bernard

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NH - Lyman Viaduct
Posted March 14, 2016, by ArtS (asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com)

You have painted a rather humorous picture in my mind :^)

NH - Lyman Viaduct
Posted March 14, 2016, by Clark Vance (cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com)

We'll need buckets....

NH - Lyman Viaduct
Posted March 13, 2016, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

I say we...The entire Bridgehunter Nation...Don shovels and dig that sucker out!!! ;-)

NH - Lyman Viaduct
Posted March 13, 2016, by ArtS (asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com)

No worries. I came across it while doing a category search so I thought I'd ask.

NH - Lyman Viaduct
Posted March 13, 2016, by Luke

I might have been half-asleep when I made the edit, because I can't figure out how I'd have thought this was a post truss either...

NH - Lyman Viaduct
Posted March 13, 2016, by ArtS (asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com)

Luke,

I did a category search on Post trusses and this bridge came up. I'm not sure how this is a Post truss. To me, it looks like the South American viaduct built by Phoenix that incorporates the Fink trusses (minus the multi-panel Finks of course). I didn't want to change it in case I'm missing something.

That said, it is absolutely amazing that the entire 1870's structure, Phoenix Columns and all, remains intact under a gigantic mass of fill!

Regards,

Art S.