Movable Railroad Bridges on the NE Corridor in Connecticut TR
NRHP reference No.
87000842[1]
Added to NRHP
June 12, 1987
The Housatonic River Railroad Bridge is a historic bridge carrying Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line trackage across the lower Housatonic River in the U.S. state of Connecticut. The bridge is also used by Amtrak for its Northeast Corridor services. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987, which also refers to the bridge as the Devon Bridge.[1] It is also referred to as the Devon Railroad Bridge by the state Department of Environmental Protection.[2]
It is a "Scherzer Rolling Lift Bascule"-type bascule bridge. It has a steel superstructure and block stone piers. The moveable span is a Warren through truss span.[3]
^ ab"National Register of Historic Places". National Park Service. 2010-04-10. Archived from the original on 2013-02-20.
^Connecticut Boating Safety Regulations
^Anne Baggerman (August 11, 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Housatonic River Railroad Bridge / Devon Bridge". National Park Service. and Accompanying one photo, from 1986
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