There are numerous crossings of the Housatonic River, both by road and railroad bridge. The following is a list of crossings of the
Housatonic River in order of occurrence from the
river mouth at
Long Island Sound to its principal source streams in the
Berkshire Mountains.
Connecticut
Massachusetts
*Rt.7: 42° 04' 29"N, 73° 20' 00"W
*Maple Avenue (Ashley Falls): 42° 06' 32"N, 73° 20' 24"W
*7-23 (
Great Barrington): 42° 12' 05"N, 73° 21' 28"W
*Rt.183: 42° 15' 15"N, 73° 21' 55"W
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Housatonic Railroad
The Housatonic Railroad ( ) is a Class III railroad operating in southwestern New England and eastern New York. It was chartered in 1983 to operate a short section of ex-New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in northwestern Connecticut, an ...
: 42° 16' 31"N, 73° 21' 35"W
*Rt.7 (
Stockbridge): 42° 16' 44"N, 73° 18' 50"W
*Housatonic Railroad: 42° 16' 31"N, 73° 16' 08"W
*Rt.102: 42° 17' 34"N, 73° 14' 27"W
*I-90: 42° 17' 52"N, 73° 14' 27"W
*Housatonic Railroad: 42° 18' 20"N, 73° 15' 08"W
*Rt.20: 42° 18' 37"N, 73° 15' 16"W
*Mill Street (
East Lee): 42° 19' 57"N, 73° 14' 47"W
*Housatonic Railroad: 42° 19' 59"N, 73° 14' 44"W
*Holmes Rd (
Pittsfield
Pittsfield is the largest city and the county seat of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is the principal city of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Berkshire County. Pittsfieldâ ...
): 42° 25' 48"N, 73° 14' 19"W
East branch
The following crossings refer to where the West branch of the Housatonic River splits, and the East branch begins:
*Appleton Ave (Pittsfield): 42° 26' 25"N, 73° 14' 54"W
*Elm St (Pittsfield): 42° 26' 42"N, 73° 14' 38"W
*East St (Pittsfield): 42° 27' 10"N, 73° 12' 21"W
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CSX
CSX Transportation , known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The railroad operates approximately 21,000 route miles () of track. ...
Berkshire Subdivision
The Berkshire Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. states of Massachusetts and New York. The line runs from near Springfield, Massachusetts west to Schodack, New York, (near Albany) along a former New York Cen ...
: 42° 27' 22"N, 73° 12' 14"W
*South St (Pittsfield): 42° 28' 06"N, 73° 10' 54"W
*Rt.8 (Pittsfield): 42° 28' 27"N, 73° 09' 24"W
*Rt.8: 42° 28' 04"N, 73° 08' 32"W
*Rt.8: 42° 27' 26"N, 73° 07' 48"W
*Rt.8: 42° 26' 37"N, 73° 07' 45"W
*Rt.8: 42° 25' 34"N, 73° 06' 44"W
*Source at Muddy Pond: 42° 23' 11"N, 73° 06' 42"W
West branch
The following crossings are along the west branch of the Housatonic River:
*7-20: 42° 26' 11"N, 73° 15' 26"W
*Southwest Branch splits
*Rt.20: 42° 26' 38"N, 73° 15' 39"W
*
CSX
CSX Transportation , known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The railroad operates approximately 21,000 route miles () of track. ...
Berkshire Subdivision
The Berkshire Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. states of Massachusetts and New York. The line runs from near Springfield, Massachusetts west to Schodack, New York, (near Albany) along a former New York Cen ...
: 42° 26' 49"N, 73° 15' 50"W
*West St (Pittsfield): 42° 26' 59"N, 73° 15' 48"W
*Pontoosuc Ave (Pittsfield): 42° 27' 59"N, 73° 15' 06"W
*Hancock Rd: 42° 29' 02"N, 73° 14' 47"W
*Source at
Pontoosuc Lake
Pontoosuc is a village in Hancock County, Illinois, United States. The population was 146 at the 2010 census, down from 171 at the 2000 census.
Geography
Pontoosuc is located in northern Hancock County at (40.629520, -91.209603). It is bordere ...
: 42° 29' 43"N, 73° 14' 51"W
Southwest branch
The following list contains Housatonic River crossings along its southwest branch:
*Housatonic Railroad: 42° 26' 22"N, 73° 16' 02"W
*Rt.20: 42° 26' 23"N, 73° 17' 38"W
*Rt.20: 42° 26' 18"N, 73° 18' 08"W
*Source at
Richmond Pond: 42° 24' 51"N, 73° 19' 28"W
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