Rating:
60621
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Montague City Covered Bridge 26-06-31#3x
Photos
Historic American Buildings Survey Copy Of Old Photograph By Frank O. Branzetti, Photographer (C) Ext.-General View
Photo taken by Frank O. Branzetti for the Historic American Buildings Survey
View photos at Library of Congress
BH Photo #281337
Description
Built 1870 over the Connecticut River and destroyed by flood on March 18, 1936.
-- Historic American Buildings Survey
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Covered Double decker Howe through truss bridge over Connecticut River on Railroad/Montague City Road
- Location
- Montague City, Franklin County, Massachusetts
- Status
- Destroyed by flooding
- History
- Built 1870; Destroyed by Flood of 1936
- Builder
- - Aaron Wright
- Railroads
- - Boston & Maine Railroad (BM)
- Fitchburg Railroad
- Design
- Howe through truss
- Dimensions
-
Total length: 770.0 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
- Also called
- 21-06-31 #3x
Railroad Combination
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.58062, -72.57982 (decimal degrees)
42°34'50" N, 72°34'47" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/698606/4717084 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Greenfield
- Inventory numbers
- WGCB 21-06-31 #3x (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 60621 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- March 5, 2015: Photo imported by Ian Martin
- April 8, 2014: Added by Dave King
Sources
- Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
- HABS MA-101 - Covered Bridge, Spanning Connecticut River, Montague City, Franklin County, MA