Pelham Bay Bridge | |
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| Coordinates | 40°51′48″N 73°49′04″W / 40.8634°N 73.8179°W[1] |
| Crosses | Hutchinson River |
| Locale | The Bronx, New York |
| Official name | Pelham Bay Bridge |
| Maintained by | Amtrak |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Bascule bridge, Warren truss |
| Material | Concrete, Steel |
| Longest span | 81.7 feet (24.9 m)[1][2] |
| History | |
| Designer | Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Co., Chicago, Illinois[1] |
| Opened | 1907[3] |
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The Pelham Bay Bridge, also known as the Amtrak Hutchinson River Bridge, is a two-track movable railroad bridge that carries the Northeast Corridor (NEC) over the Hutchinson River in the Bronx, New York, upstream from the vehicular/pedestrian Pelham Bridge. It is owned by Amtrak, which provides passenger service, and is used by CSX Transportation and the Providence & Worcester Railroad for freight traffic.
- ^ a b c "Amtrak - Hutchinson River Bridge". bridgehunter.com. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
- ^ Wai-Fah Chen, Lian Duan (1999). Bridge Engineering Handbook. CRC Press. pp. 21–3. ISBN 0849374340.
- ^ "Pelham Bay Bridge Replacement". Washington, D.C.: Northeast Corridor Commission. Archived from the original on February 10, 2016. Retrieved April 11, 2017.