The South Norwalk Railroad Bridge is an 1895 bridge in Norwalk, Connecticut. It carries the four sets of Metro-North railroad tracks across the busy intersection of Main Street and Washington Street in the

South Norwalk South Norwalk is a neighborhood in Norwalk, Connecticut which corresponds to the city's Second Taxing District. Often referred to as SoNo, the neighborhood was originally settled as Old Well, then chartered as the city of South Norwalk on August ...

section of the city. The bridge is adjacent to the South Norwalk Switch Tower Museum, which showcases the railroad switch tower where tracks were physically switched at the intersection of the

Danbury Branch The Danbury Branch is a diesel branch of the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line from downtown Norwalk, Connecticut north to Danbury, mostly single-tracked. It opened in 1852 as the Danbury and Norwalk Railroad. Until the early 1970s, passenger ...

and the

New Haven Line The Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line is a commuter rail line running from New Haven, Connecticut to New York City. It joins the Harlem Line at Mount Vernon, New York and continues south to Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan. The New Haven ...

. The bridge is a contributing structure in the

South Main and Washington Streets Historic District The South Main and Washington Streets Historic District — 68-139 Washington St. and 2-24 South Main St. is a historic district in South Norwalk, Connecticut. The district encompasses 35 buildings and two other structures (including the S ...

. and File:NorwalkCTSoNoCornerNMain&WashingtonStsLookingNE08122007.JPG, Unusual building adjacent to northeast corner of bridge with partial view of bridge on right, 12 August 2007 File:SouthNorwalkSwitchTowerMuseum08122007.jpg, The Switch Tower Museum, 12 August 2007 File:PostcardNorwalkCTWashingtonStWithTrolleyCirca1910.jpg, 1910 postcard view along Washington Street with the bridge behind the trolley

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SoNo Switch Tower Museum
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