Bridge 3.89: Abandoned New Haven Railroad at I-91. Historic Infrastructure of CT

Historic Infrastructure of Connecticut Series.
Sources
Websites:
NH-Mattabesset Bridge, bridgehunter.com/ct/middlesex...
Documents:
“New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad Bridge Capacity Lists,” New York, New Haven, Hartford Railroad. Published 1974. Page 94. Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Library.
hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:860...
Newspaper Articles via Newspapers.com
(In order of appearance):
“Train Off Rails Blocks Route 72,” Hartford Courant, February 7, 1961, page 13.
“NHRR Freight Skips Tracks At Cromwell,” The Journal, February 6, 1961, page 7.
“Train Derailed,” Bridgeport Post, February 6, 1961, page 26.
Photographs (in chronological order):
Aerial photographs of the NY,NH,&H rail bridge over the Mattabesset River are cropped from large format aerial survey photos taken in March/April 1934, June 1957, & March 1965.
- Photograph 09282. March/April 1934. Fairchild Aerial Surveys. Digitized 2004-2006. UCONN Air Photo Archive & Connecticut State Library, State Archives.
cslib.contentdm.oclc.org/digi...
- Photograph CNF-2T-50L. June 1957. UCONN Air Photo Archive & Connecticut State Library, State Archives.
magic.lib.uconn.edu/magic_3/ra...
- Photograph 02636 March 1965. Keystone Aerial Surveys. Digitized 2004. UCONN Air Photo Archive & Connecticut State Library, State Archives
cslib.contentdm.oclc.org/digi...
Newspaper Articles via Newspapers.com
(In order of appearance):
“Train Off Rails Blocks Route 72,” Hartford Courant, February 7, 1961, page 13.
“NHRR Freight Skips Tracks At Cromwell,” The Journal, February 6, 1961, page 7.
“Train Derailed,” Bridgeport Post, February 6, 1961, page 26.
Photographs:
Aerial photographs of the NY,NH,&H rail bridge over the Mattabesset River are cropped from large format aerial survey photos taken in March/April 1934, June 1957, & March 1965.
- Photograph 09282. March/April 1934. Fairchild Aerial Surveys. Digitized 2004-2006. UCONN Air Photo Archive & Connecticut State Library, State Archives.
cslib.contentdm.oclc.org/digi...
- Photograph CNF-2T-50L. June 1957. UCONN Air Photo Archive & Connecticut State Library, State Archives.
magic.lib.uconn.edu/magic_3/ra...
- Photograph 02636 March 1965. Keystone Aerial Surveys. Digitized 2004. UCONN Air Photo Archive & Connecticut State Library, State Archives
cslib.contentdm.oclc.org/digi...

[@AtomicPeacenik]

Didn’t mention it in the video but I suspect the stone abutments & supports are the originals from when the line opened in March 1850.

[@douglasalan5783]

Fascinating video. Being old enough to remember the New Haven, I enjoyed this look at the railroad’s history.