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NH - Quinebaug River Bridge
Photos
Quinnebaug River Railroad Bridge, Putnam, CT
Postcard circa 1909-10
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BH Photo #309239
Description
Former "Air Line"/NYNH&H Midland Division crossing of the Quinebaug River. Two southern spans were washed out in the 1955 floods and never repaired; the line was formally abandoned four years later. At a later point, the two northern spans were removed and a footbridge constructed at street level through the stone piers. Part of the Airline State Park Trail/East Coast Greenway.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Quinebaug River, River Road, and Kennedy Drive on NYNH&H Midland Division in Putnam
- Location
- Putnam, Windham County, Connecticut
- Status
- Replaced by a pedestrian bridge
- History
- Two southern spans lost to 1955 floods, line abandoned 1959, remainder demolished at a later point
- Railroads
- - Boston, Hartford & Erie Railroad (BH&E)
- New York & New England Railroad (NYNE)
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH)
- Design
- Deck plate girder
- Dimensions
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Total length: 330.0 ft.
- Also called
- Airline North State Park Trail
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.90797, -71.90802 (decimal degrees)
41°54'29" N, 71°54'29" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 19/258806/4643648 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Putnam
- Inventory number
- BH 61882 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- March 23, 2021: New photo from Chester Gehman
- March 22, 2021: New photos from Chester Gehman
- December 2, 2018: New photo from Chester Gehman
- November 28, 2014: New photo from Ian Martin
- July 24, 2014: New Street View added by Ian Martin
Sources
- Ian Martin
- Chester Gehman - gehmanc2000 [at] yahoo [dot] com