South_Norwalk_Railroad_Bridge

South Norwalk Railroad Bridge

South Norwalk Railroad Bridge

Bridge

Not to be confused with Norwalk River Railroad Bridge.

The South Norwalk Railroad Bridge is an 1895 bridge in Norwalk, Connecticut. It carries the four sets of Metro-North railroad tracks across the busy intersection of Main Street and Washington Street in the South Norwalk section of the city. The bridge is adjacent to the South Norwalk Switch Tower Museum, which showcases the railroad switch tower where tracks were physically switched at the intersection of the Danbury Branch and the New Haven Line.

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The bridge is a contributing structure in the South Main and Washington Streets Historic District.[2]

  • Unusual building adjacent to northeast corner of bridge with partial view of bridge on right, 12 August 2007
  • The Switch Tower Museum, 12 August 2007
  • 1910 postcard view along Washington Street with the bridge behind the trolley

References

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. [2]
    Bruce Clouette (March 28, 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: South Main & Washington Street". National Park Service. and Accompanying 13 photos, from 1977
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