Golden Hill Road Bridge

Photos

General View From Roadway, Looking South

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

BH Photo #218828

Overview: Lenticular pony truss bridge formerly over Housatonic River on Golden Hill Road
Location: Lee, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Status: In storage and awaiting reconstruction at University of Massachusetts-Amherst
History: Built 1885; rehabilitated 1970
Builder: - Berlin Iron Bridge Co. of East Berlin, Connecticut
Design: Lenticular pony truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 81.0 ft.
Total length: 83.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.4 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on February 9, 1994
Approximate latitude, longitude: +42.32167, -73.24167 (decimal degrees)
42°19'18" N, 73°14'30" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/644887/4686988 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: East Lee
Inventory numbers: NRHP 93001592 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 49943 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 03/1990): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 26.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1989): 40

HAER MA-105 - Tuttle Bridge, Spanning Housatonic River on Golden Hill Road, Lee, Berkshire, MA
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