Pumpkin Hollow Road Bridge

Photos

MA 11M 1

Photo taken by Chester Gehman 09/18/1983

BH Photo #371605

Map

Description

Bridge was actually located on a small section of Pumpkin Hollow Road in Great Barrington. A wooden pony truss of a bowstring nature was built in 1999 as a replacement. Apparently only the trusses were saved and are in storage in Great Barrington.

Facts

Overview: Bridge over Green River on Pumpkin Hollow Road
Location: Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
History: Built 1888; replaced 1999
Builder: - Berlin Iron Bridge Co. of East Berlin, Connecticut
Design: Lenticular pony truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 58.1 ft.
Total length: 59.0 ft.
Deck width: 11.5 ft.
Also called: Hollenbeck Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +42.18786, -73.41319 (decimal degrees)
42°11'16" N, 73°24'47" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/631030/4671853 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Egremont
Inventory number: BH 61090 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

December 4, 2016: Updated by Chester Gehman: Added to description
June 8, 2014: Updated by Chester Gehman: Modified description. Verified wood replacement.
May 28, 2014: Added by Chester Gehman

Related Bridges

Pumpkin Hollow Road Bridge (Successor)

Sources

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

Comments

Pumpkin Hollow Road Bridge

Posted June 11, 2017, by Michael Quiet (mquiet [at] gmail [dot] com)

Its a long time, but we can still be optimistic. We've had a Leneticular pony up here in VT has been in storage for 21 years now, but we are on schedule to have it reused on a pedestrian path within the next 3 years. Hope they can find a home for this one sooner!

Pumpkin Hollow Road Bridge

Posted June 10, 2017, by Chester Gehman (gehmanc2000 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Rumours are these trusses will be used somewhere-sometime but they have been at the Great Barrington Recycle Center for at least ten years--maybe more. These photos I took a couple of years ago.