http://friendsofkingstonstation.vox.com/library/posts/tags/%22thames+river+bridge%22/page/1/ Dedicated to Railroad Safety, History, and Technology en Vox Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:02:50 -0800 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss "thames river bridge" http://friendsofkingstonstation.vox.com/library/post/historic-changes-for-the-century-old-thames-river-bridge.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(Friends of Kingston Station) http://friendsofkingstonstation.vox.com/library/post/historic-changes-for-the-century-old-thames-river-bridge.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://friendsofkingstonstation.vox.com/library/post/historic-changes-for-the-century-old-thames-river-bridge.html?_c=feed-rss-full Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:02:50 -0800 <div style="text-align: center"><em><span style="font-size: 0.8em;">The bascule bridge points upwards each day like two hands in prayer, while ships safety traffic below it. The new vertical lift bridge will be a modern- day elevator ascending up toward the heavens, and returning to safely carry trains safely over the Thames River.</span><br /><br /></em> <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00e398d015d7000400e398d169ed0001" at:format="auto" at:align="center" class="enclosure enclosure-center enclosure-auto embed-enclosure" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="width: 500px;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item embed-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-embed"> <iframe class="enclosure-iframe" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" src="http://a5.vox-data.com/6a00e398d015d7000400e398d169ed0001-html" style="width: 500px; height: 475px;"></iframe> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> Watch in real time! <a href="http://earthcam.net/">http://earthcam.net/</a>&#160; Thames River Cam [ user: amtrak password: amtrak ]<br /></div><p><br /> <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00e398d015d7000400e398d073f20004" at:format="large" at:align="center" class="enclosure enclosure-center enclosure-large photo-enclosure" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 10px auto;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item photo-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://friendsofkingstonstation.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398d015d7000400e398d073f20004.html"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00e398d015d7000400e398d073f20004-320pi" alt="01.thamesriverct" title="01.thamesriverct" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://friendsofkingstonstation.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398d015d7000400e398d073f20004.html" title="01.thamesriverct">01.thamesriverct</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> <div>JPM 2008.01.07 © <br />OLYM 3040 w/ Wide Angle<br />Thames River Bridge, under reconstruction. Every train from Boston to New York and Washington uses this bridge.<br /><br />A bascule style lift span railroad bridge was constructed at the start of the twentieth century (1919) over the Thames River from Groton to New London Connecticut. It is the lower of the two bridges shown in the above photograph by McCabe. The picture was taken from the Groton side of the river looking westward and up river at lunch time.<br />The bascule bridge is going to be replaced with a vertical lift style bridge which you can see under construction with the two towers not yet completed in this picture. It will cost over seventy six million dollars and take over two years to complete. Train traffic will be interrupted for several days in the spring of 2008 when the new bridge is barged to site.<br /><br />*Amtrak newsletter about the Thames River Project: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/256nm9">Amtrak website / Thames Project</a><br />also PDF file: <a href="http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/ink/AmtrakInk-092007.pdf">Amtrak Employee News</a><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://friendsofkingstonstation.vox.com/library/post/historic-changes-for-the-century-old-thames-river-bridge.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398d015d7000400e398d062270001?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> "thames river bridge"