1870 Road: (Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter)
The towers carry electric lines because this is on the electrified Northeast Railroad Corridor.
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| Street View, Jun 2024 |
Road Bridges
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| BridgeHunter_1870 This photo is also in HistoricPelham. The design was bowstring arch truss. [HistoricBridges_1906] |
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| 2019 photo by Geoff Hubbs via BridgeHunter_1906 |
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| jag9889 photo via BridgeHunter_1906 |
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| HistoricBridges_1906 The bridge is a Scherzer rolling lift bridge. |
Mosely Iron Bridge built the 1870 spans. Historic Bridges offered this bridge as an extant example of a bridge built by Mosely Iron Bridge.
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| Historic Bridges |
Back to the railroad bridge
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| Street View, Jun2024 |
Two of the spans are up while the third is down.
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| 1940 photo by George Votova via BridgeHunter_1908 "Built 1908; originally three parallel 2-track lift spans" |
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| Photo from tugster.files via BridgeHunter_1908 |
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| HAER NY,31-NEYO,167--30 30. Hutchinson River Bridge. Bronx, Bronx Co., NY. Sec. 4207, MP 15.73. - Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New Jersey/New York & New York/Connecticut State Lines, New York County, NY |
This is the post that motivated these notes.
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| Amtrak posted Many of our infrastructure investments are well-known already, and some you’re going to start hearing more about, like the Pelham Bay Bridge Replacement Project. The original bridge was built in 1907 and today serves over 50 Amtrak, commuter, and freight trains per day. Spanning the Hutchinson River in the Bronx (between Co-op City and Pelham Bay Park), the bridge is part of the Hell Gate Line on Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor. It is well past its useful life and causes delays due to its age and twice-daily openings. A new replacement bridge currently in design will improve reliability, increase efficiency, boost speed, reduce delays, and more. We recently held a public information session with the local community to talk about the project in an open forum. Check out our presentation and learn more about the bridge and the project here: http://spr.ly/6189f6nAS Nathan Green: I'll also mention that NYCDOT/NYSDOT is in the process of replacing the Shore Rd (vehicle) bridge just south of the Amtrak bridge in this photo. It is also from the early 1900s. It is undergoing the environmental review process right now. |
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| Amtrak The speed limit will be raised from 45mph to 70mph. The navigation channel will increase from 8' x 67' to 35' x 100'. There will be 70% fewer bridge openings. |
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I dont think the 1940 photo with three bridges is Pelham - that is likely Bronx River. Two spans remain at Bronx River (no longer movebale), one has been removed and now (2025) replaced by a fixed span to carry the Metro North Penn Access line.
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