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Golden Hill Road Bridge

Berkshire County, Massachusetts

Photos 

General View From Roadway, Looking South

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #218828

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lenticular pony truss bridge formerly over Housatonic River on Golden Hill Road
Location
Amherst, 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
Also called
Tuttle Bridge
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)

Categories 

19th Century (8,764)
Adaptive Use Bridge Project (8)
Amherst, Massachusetts (12)
Berkshire County, Massachusetts (112)
Berlin Iron Bridge Co. (203)
Built 1885 (209)
Built during 1880s (2,234)
HAER documented (1,125)
In storage (222)
Lee, Massachusetts (3)
Lenticular pony truss (104)
 Lenticular truss (195)
Massachusetts (1,207)
NR-listed (3,015)
Owned by township (3,314)
Pin-connected (4,912)
Pony truss (17,100)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,687)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,871)
Truss (36,122)
University of Massachusetts-Amherst (8)
Wrought Iron (421)

Update Log 

  • June 4, 2020: New photos from Chester Gehman
  • May 30, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
  • December 5, 2016: New photos from Chester Gehman
  • May 4, 2016: New photo from Art Suckewer
  • June 14, 2014: Updated by Chester Gehman: NRHP listing
  • June 9, 2014: Updated by Chester Gehman: Added town of Lee, MA
  • October 27, 2011: Added by James Baughn

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