Ball Pipe Queenpost Truss: Coleman Bridge is a historic Ball-patent pipe bridge on Windsor Bush Road over Phelps Brook in Windsor, Massachusetts.
The bridge was built in 1894 and added to the National Historic Register in 2000. It is a Ball-patent pipe bridge.
Dimensions
Span length: 31.0 ft.
Total length: 31.0 ft.
Deck width: 12.7 ft.
Skew angle
8 degrees
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on February 18, 2000
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.53243, -72.99291(decimal degrees) 42°31'57" N, 72°59'34" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Posted April 15, 2017, by Chester Gehman (gehmanc2000 [at] yahoo [dot] com)
It will be a real shame if this historic bridge is lost in the rising waters of Phelps Brook. One of only three pipe bridges built by Charles Ball of Windsor, MA still in existence, and the only one not preserved in some way. Come on, Windsor! Charlie Ball was a native son!
Coleman Bridge
Posted October 25, 2011, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)
Closer to a Queenpost in design... definitely very unique!
It will be a real shame if this historic bridge is lost in the rising waters of Phelps Brook. One of only three pipe bridges built by Charles Ball of Windsor, MA still in existence, and the only one not preserved in some way. Come on, Windsor! Charlie Ball was a native son!