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CSX - Queens Boulevard Overpass

Queens County, New York

Photos 

Photo taken by Patrick Gurwell in September 2020

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BH Photo #480556

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Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Concrete arch bridge over NY 25 on CSX Railroad
Location
New York City, Queens County, New York
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1916
Builder
- Wilson & English- Contractor
Railroads
- CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Conrail (CR)
- New York Connecting Railroad (NYCN)
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
Design
Closed spandrel arch
Dimensions
Total length: 219.8 ft.
Also called
New York Connecting Bridge 20
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.73889, -73.88972   (decimal degrees)
40°44'20" N, 73°53'23" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/593744/4510364 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Brooklyn
Inventory numbers
NY 7705070 (New York State bridge identification number)
BH 26668 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arch (12,776)
Built 1916 (737)
Built during 1910s (10,132)
CSX Railroad (1,826)
Closed-spandrel arch (4,306)
Conrail (1,769)
Deck arch (12,000)
Have street view (30,048)
New York (5,055)
New York City, New York (345)
 New York Connecting Railroad (18)
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (531)
Open (41,257)
Owned by railroad (13,845)
Penn Central Railroad (1,591)
Queens County, New York (136)
Railroad (16,788)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,627)
Wilson & English- Contractor (1)

Update Log 

  • September 5, 2020: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
  • May 31, 2012: New Street View added by Frank Hicks

Sources 

  • Frank Hicks
  • Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com

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