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U&D - Charlotte Creek Bridge

Delaware County, New York

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Photo taken by Russ Nelson

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

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BH Photo #321926

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Description 

Former U&D line from Kingston to Oneonta; abandoned in the 1970s. This bridge is currently in poor condition, with one of the abutments mostly gone and half of one end of the bridge hanging in midair.

Facts 

Overview
Abandoned triple-intersection lattice through truss bridge over Charlotte Creek on New York Central Ulster & Delaware Branch
Location
Davenport, Delaware County, New York
Status
Derelict/abandoned
History
Built 1901
Railroads
- New York Central Railroad (NYC)
- Ulster & Delaware Railroad (U&D)
Design
Triple-intersection lattice through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.44502, -74.92539   (decimal degrees)
42°26'42" N, 74°55'31" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/506135/4699190 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
West Davenport
Inventory number
BH 65602 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (3,730)
Built 1901 (546)
Built during 1900s (7,344)
Davenport, New York (1)
Delaware County, New York (80)
Have street view (27,133)
Lattice through truss (565)
Lattice truss (597)
 New York (4,477)
New York Central Railroad (899)
Railroad (15,664)
Riveted (2,192)
Through truss (15,284)
Triple-intersection lattice through truss (34)
Truss (33,138)
Ulster & Delaware Railroad (19)

Update Log 

  • March 19, 2018: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
  • April 9, 2015: New photo from Luke
  • January 21, 2015: Added by Ian Martin

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