Galvin Road Bridge

Photos 

Elevation Of North Portal, Looking South

Photo taken 1990 by Martin Stupich for the Historic American Engineering Record showing the bridge in its original location

View photos at Library of Congress

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Lenticular through truss bridge over Hoosic River on Galvin Road

Location

North Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts

Status

In storage and awaiting reconstruction

History

Built 1884; disassembled and relocated to University of Massachusetts Amherst

Builder

- Berlin Iron Bridge Co. of East Berlin, Connecticut

Design

Wrought-iron lenticular through truss

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 103.0 ft.
Total length: 108.9 ft.
Deck width: 16.1 ft.

Recognition

Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places

Also called

Blackington Bridge
Baker Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+42.70387, -73.17313   (decimal degrees)
42°42'14" N, 73°10'23" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

18/649620/4729548 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

Williamstown

Inventory number

BH 49914 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection (as of 11/1991)

Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 17.5 (out of 100)

Categories 

Update Log 

• October 25, 2011: Added by James Baughn

Sources 

• HAER MA-109 - Blackinton Bridge, Spanning Hoosic River on Galvin Road, North Adams, Berkshire County, MA

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