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AMTK - Astoria Boulevard/I-278 Bridge

Queens County, New York

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Amtrak - Astoria Boulevard/I-278 Bridge

looking south on Steinway Street

Photo taken by Geoff Hubbs in May 2020

License: Released into public domain

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BH Photo #472025

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Street Views 

Facts 

Overview
Warren deck truss with no verticals bridge over Astoria Boulevard/I-278 on Amtrak/CSX RR
Location
New York City, Queens County, New York
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1915
Railroads
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Conrail (CR)
- New York Connecting Railroad (NYCN)
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
Design
Warren deck truss with no verticals bridge
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 165.7 ft.
Total length: 601.7 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.76886, -73.90839   (decimal degrees)
40°46'08" N, 73°54'30" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/592127/4513672 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory numbers
NY 7705290 (New York State bridge identification number)
BH 89266 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Amtrak (580)
Built 1915 (1,280)
Built during 1910s (10,238)
CSX Railroad (1,860)
Conrail (1,805)
Deck truss (2,049)
Have street view (30,413)
New York (5,241)
New York City, New York (345)
New York Connecting Railroad (18)
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (534)
 Open (41,435)
Owned by railroad (14,125)
Penn Central Railroad (1,637)
Queens County, New York (136)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,600)
Total length 500-1000 feet (3,200)
Truss (38,312)
Warren deck truss (691)
Warren deck truss with no verticals (11)
Warren truss (7,181)

Update Log 

  • May 16, 2021: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
  • May 13, 2020: New photos from Geoff Hubbs

Sources 

  • Geoff Hubbs
  • Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com

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