Mianus River Railroad Bridge
Mianus River Railroad Bridge | |
| NRHP reference No. | 87000845[1] |
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| Added to NRHP | June 12, 1987 |
The Mianus River Railroad Bridge, also known as the Cos Cob Bridge, is a bascule drawbridge built in 1904 over the Mianus River, in Greenwich, Connecticut. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1] The bridge carries the Northeast Corridor, the busiest rail line in the United States, both in terms of ridership and service frequency.[2][3] It is operated by the Metro-North Railroad, successor to Conrail, Penn Central, and the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, which erected it, and is owned by the Connecticut Department of Transportation.
It is a rolling lift type
deck truss spans, while the others are deck girder spans, all set on stone abutments. The main movable span is 107 feet (33 m) long; four of the truss spans are 120 feet (37 m) in length.[4]
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It is one of eight moveable bridges on the
Connecticut River Railroad Bridge, Old Saybrook-Old Lyme, 1907; Niantic River Bridge, East Lyme-Waterford, 1907; and Thames River Bridge (Amtrak)
, Groton, built in 1919. The Pequonnock River bridge—also on Metro-North's New Haven Line, as are the Norwalk, Westport, and Devon bridges—has since been replaced.
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Greenwich, Connecticut
- List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Amtrak Sets Ridership Record And Moves The Nation's Economy Forward - America's Railroad helps communities grow and prosper" (PDF) (Press release). Amtrak. October 14, 2013. Retrieved 2014-09-03.
- ^ "Transportation Statistics Annual Report" (PDF). Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation. November 2005. Retrieved 2007-02-18.
- ^ Anne Baggerman (August 10, 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Mianus River Railroad Bridge / Cos Cob Bridge". National Park Service. and Accompanying two photos, from 1986
- ^ Bruce Clouette, Matthew Roth and John Herzan (February 4, 1986). "Movable Railroad Bridges on the NE Corridor in Connecticut TR". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
External links
Media related to Mianus River Railroad Bridge at Wikimedia Commons
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