Saugatuck River Railroad Bridge
Saugatuck River Railroad Bridge | |
Saugatuck River Railroad Bridge | |
| Location | Westport, Connecticut |
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| Coordinates | 41°7′10″N 73°22′8″W / 41.11944°N 73.36889°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1905 |
| Architectural style | Deck Girder, Bascule |
| MPS | Movable Railroad Bridges on the NE Corridor in Connecticut TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 87000846 |
| Added to NRHP | June 12, 1987 |
The Saugatuck River Railroad Bridge, also known as Saugatuck River Bridge, is a railroad bridge carrying trackage of Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line over the Saugatuck River in Westport, Connecticut. It is one of eight moveable bridges on the Amtrak Northeast Corridor route through Connecticut. It was built in 1905 for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. The bridge is a single leaf Scherzer rolling lift bascule bridge.