The Manhasset Viaduct (also known as the Manhasset Valley Bridge) is a
railroad bridge
A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually somethi ...
located between the
Village of Thomaston and the
Hamlet of Manhasset, on
Long Island
Long Island is a densely populated island in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, part of the New York metropolitan area. With over 8 million people, Long Island is the most populous island in the United Sta ...
, in the
State of New York. It carries the
Port Washington Branch of the
Long Island Rail Road
The Long Island Rail Road , often abbreviated as the LIRR, is a commuter rail system in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, stretching from Manhattan to the eastern tip of Suffolk County, New York, Suffolk Co ...
.
Description
The bridge was completed in 1898, and opened on June 23 of that year, as part of the Port Washington Branch's extension from
Great Neck to
Port Washington.
At an average height of above the water and measuring in length, the bridge is the highest on the entire LIRR network.
In 1913, the remainder of the Port Washington Branch east of the former split with the former
Whitestone Branch was electrified, and thus including the portion over this bridge.
The bridge, which is of a steel stringer design, was built by the
Cincinnati, Ohio-based
King Bridge Company, as well as the
Carnegie Steel Company.
The Manhasset Viaduct is a significant and vital component of the Port Washington Branch's infrastructure, as it is what enables the line to traverse the Manhasset Valley; the extension to Port Washington required the construction of this crossing.
In addition to crossing Manhasset Bay, the bridge also goes over East Shore Road (on its west end) and Bayview Avenue (on its east end).
See also
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Manhasset station
Manhasset is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Port Washington Branch in Manhasset, New York. It is 17.2 miles (27.7 km) from Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan.
Despite the line consisting of only a single track east of Great Neck, ...
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Port Washington Branch
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History of the Long Island Railroad
References
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Manhasset, New York
Bridges in Nassau County, New York
Long Island Rail Road
Railroad bridges in New York (state)