Rating:
61259
{81}%
1 vote
Old Route 8 Bridge
Photos
MA 35M 1
Photo taken by Chester Gehman in June 2014
Enlarge
BH Photo #371600
Description
Through-truss on by-passed road. Two dams downriver necessitated relocation of Route 8. Goodwin or Hogback Dam, 1955, and Colebrook River Dam, 1969. As a result, the village of Colebrook River (CT) is now submerged. Road and bridge provide access for fishermen; end of road is underwater.
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over West Branch Farmington River on Colebrook River Road/Old Route 8
- Location
- Sandisfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
- Status
- Open to traffic on dead end road
- History
- Built in 1927 for Route 8
- Builder
- - Berlin Construction Co. of Berlin, Connecticut
- Design
- Riveted through truss; skewed
- Dimensions
-
Span length: 136.2 ft.
Total length: 136.2 ft.
Deck width: 27.9 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.07043, -73.06181 (decimal degrees)
42°04'14" N, 73°03'43" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/660342/4659413 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Tolland Center
- Elevation
- 738 ft. above sea level
- Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
- 30
- Inventory numbers
- CEPNEDMA2510019
BH 61259 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of October 2017)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 94 (out of 100)
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Update Log
- October 14, 2021: Updated by Josh Schmid: Bridge reportedly scheduled for demolition as of October 2021
- December 16, 2020: New photos from Josh Schmid
- May 23, 2020: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
- December 4, 2016: Updated by James Baughn: Merged duplicate pages
- June 15, 2014: Updated by Chester Gehman: Added category "Skewed"
- June 8, 2014: Added by Chester Gehman
Sources
- Chester Gehman - gehmanc2000 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com
- Josh Schmid