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Picture Vernon: The End Of An Overpass

There was once a notoriously low overpass in Vernon.

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The old railroad overpass on Windsorville Road was taken apart in the 1960s.
The old railroad overpass on Windsorville Road was taken apart in the 1960s. (Vernon Police Department Records Division)

VERNON, CT — The latest installment of the Picture Vernon series takes us to the dismantling the New Haven Railroad overpass in October, 1964.

The rail line, once part of the Ellington Branch, crossed Windsorville Road where the Waste Treatment plant stands today.

With only 8 feet of clearance, it was prominently marked with warning signs.

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