SS52 SAGA Movable Bridge

USA / Connecticut / Westport /
 interlocking, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, railway bridge, 1905_construction, drawbridge, bascule bridge
Historic railroad bridge listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

- Built: 1905
- Builder: Passaic Steel Company
- Type: Scherzer rolling lift bascule
- Length: 458 feet
- Carries: Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line
- Crosses: Saugatuck River
- Still in use: yes
- Also known as: Saugatuck River Railroad Bridge (NRHP name)
- Date added to NRHP: 6/12/1987
- Other designations: part of the "Movable Railroad Bridges on the NE Corridor in Connecticut" Multiple Property Submission

4-track bascule drawbridge on MNRR New Haven Line. Formerly NHRR Signaling Station 52. Bridge also has a pedestrian walkway to get to the other side of the river.

NRHP #87000846
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saugatuck_River_Railroad_Bridge
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Coordinates:   41°7'9"N   73°22'8"W
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