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Farmington River Bridge

Berkshire County, Massachusetts

Photo 

Farmington River Sandisfield

Photo by Frank DeMars; courtesy Great Barrington Historical Society

BH Photo #512807

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Pony truss bridge over Farmington River on Colebrook River Road
Location
Sandisfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1900s or before; replaced by a metal truss bridge about 1927.
Design
A covered wooden pony truss of unknown configuration.
Also called
Colebrook River Road Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.07048, -73.06182   (decimal degrees)
42°04'14" N, 73°03'43" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/660341/4659419 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 95284 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Berkshire County, Massachusetts (112)
Lost (28,446)
Lost 1927 (81)
Lost during 1920s (636)
Massachusetts (1,204)
Pony truss (17,009)
Replaced by new bridge (19,347)
Sandisfield, Massachusetts (4)
Truss (35,433)

Update Log 

  • November 29, 2021: New photo from Chester Gehman

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • Chester Gehman - gehmanc2000 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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