Riverside Avenue Bridge | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:GreenwichCTRiversideAvRRbridgeSoEnd09092007.jpg) Riverside Avenue Bridge, looking north | |
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| Location | Riverside Ave. and RR tracks, Greenwich, Connecticut |
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| Coordinates | 41°01′54″N 73°35′17″W / 41.031537°N 73.588169°W |
| Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
| Built | 1871 |
| Architect | Francis C. Lowthrop; Keystone Bridge Co. |
| Architectural style | Pratt truss |
| NRHP reference No. | 77001391[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 29, 1977 |
The Riverside Avenue Bridge is the only cast-iron bridge in Connecticut and one of a small number still in use in the United States. It carries Riverside Avenue over the New Haven Line railroad tracks in the Riverside section of Greenwich, Connecticut. The bridge was part of an earlier span built in 1871 over the Housatonic River by the New York and New Haven Railroad, and when that bridge was replaced, part of it was erected in Riverside in 1895. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.[2]
Called "an important engineering landmark" by Cultural Resource Management, a periodical published by the National Park Service, the bridge carries one of the primary streets in this section of town, and is owned by the Connecticut state government.[2]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b [1] Jester, Thomas C., CRM, Supplement Volume 15: No. 2 Preserving Historic Bridges, Cultural Resource Management, a periodical published by the U.S. National Park Service, accessed January 14, 2007