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Vernon Avenue Bridge

Queens County, New York, and Kings County, New York

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Vernon Avenue Bridge

Removed

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013

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BH Photo #294393

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Overview
Lost Warren through truss with all verticals bridge over Newtown Creek on Vernon Avenue
Location
New York City, Queens County, New York, and Kings County, New York
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Built 1905, removed 1954 upon completion of the Pulaski Bridge to the east
Builder
- Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois
Railroads
- Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit (BMT)
- Streetcar
Design
Warren through truss with all verticals bascule
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.73940, -73.95498   (decimal degrees)
40°44'22" N, 73°57'18" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/588234/4510354 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Brooklyn
Inventory number
BH 52408 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bascule (1,057)
Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit (3)
Built 1905 (799)
Built during 1900s (7,193)
Kings County, New York (82)
Lost (24,607)
Lost 1954 (65)
Lost during 1950s (673)
Movable (2,962)
New York (4,370)
New York City, New York (317)
 Queens County, New York (114)
Rail-and-Road (374)
Railroad (15,361)
Replaced by new bridge (16,486)
Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Co. (123)
Streetcar (273)
Through truss (15,014)
Truss (32,703)
Warren through truss (1,609)
Warren through truss with all verticals (398)
Warren truss (6,540)

Update Log 

  • March 18, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • May 8, 2012: Added by Frank Hicks

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