Bridgehunter.com | NYWB - Highbrook Avenue Bridge

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Taken for the NRHP

BH Photo #416952

Overview: Abandoned closed-spandrel arch bridge over Highbrook Avenue on New York, Westchester & Boston Railroad (abandoned)
Location: Pelham, Westchester County, New York
Status: Derelict/abandoned
Future prospects: Effort underway to transform the bridge into a small-scale "highline" park.
History: Built 1910
Builders: - Alfred T. Fellheimer (Architect)
- Lathrop & Shea of New Haven, Connecticut (Contractor)
Railroad: - New York, Westchester & Boston Railroad (NYWB)
Design: Closed-spandrel arch
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 69.9 ft.
Total length: 75.8 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on August 2, 2016
Also called: Highbrook Highline (Future Name)
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.91387, -73.80461 (decimal degrees)
40°54'50" N, 73°48'17" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/600665/4529883 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Mount Vernon
Inventory numbers: NY 7712870 (New York State bridge identification number)
NRHP 16000487 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 62026 (Bridgehunter.com ID)