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MBTA - Cove Road Overpass

Essex County, Massachusetts

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Description 

"The deck plate girder bridge was fabricated in 1929 by the Phoenix Bridge Company, and approved by engineer W. F. Fry. It consists of 4 stringers per track with lower lateral Warren bracing and a wooden deck. The southwestern abutment is of concrete while the northeastern one is of stone with a 9 courses high with wing walls. This bridge replaces an earlier bridge fabricated by the Boston Bridge works in 1886. It is possible that the remaining stone abutments date to this earlier bridge." - Massachusetts Historical Commission (P.K. Lazrus, MBTA Historic Property Survey, 11/1987)

Facts 

Overview
Steel stringer bridge over Cove Road on MBTA Haverhill Line
Location
Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1929
Builder
- Phoenix Bridge Co. of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
Railroads
- Boston & Maine Railroad (BM)
- Commuter Rail
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)
- Pan Am Railways (PAR)
- Springfield Terminal Railway (ST)
Design
Steel stringer
Dimensions
Span length: 18.5 ft.
Total length: 18.5 ft.
Also called
B&M Western Route Bridge No. 31.67
B&M Western Route Bridge No. 34
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.75934, -71.09949   (decimal degrees)
42°45'34" N, 71°05'58" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
19/328204/4736228 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Haverhill
Inventory number
BH 65824 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (15,716)
Boston & Maine Railroad (402)
Built 1929 (1,013)
Built during 1920s (9,924)
Commuter Rail (439)
Essex County, Massachusetts (123)
Have street view (26,947)
Haverhill, Massachusetts (11)
Massachusetts (1,104)
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (128)
One-lane traffic (7,606)
 Open (39,882)
Owned by state (15,986)
Pan Am Railways (137)
Phoenix Bridge Co. (188)
Railroad (15,414)
Span length under 25 feet (6,894)
Springfield Terminal Railway (158)
Steel stringer (6,222)
Stop Sign Controlled (6)
Total length under 25 feet (2,496)

Update Log 

  • February 2, 2015: New Street View added by Ian Martin

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