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South End Bridge

Hampden County, Massachusetts

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South End (Julia B. Buxton) Bridge

View beside the bridge

Photo taken by Rusty Clark at Flickr in July 2011

License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

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BH Photo #476751

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Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Deck truss bridge over Connecticut River on US 5 in Agawam
Location
Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1954
Design
Warren deck truss with sub-panels
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 299.9 ft.
Total length: 1,459.1 ft.
Deck width: 56.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 18.4 ft.
Also called
Julia B. Buxton Memorial Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.08139, -72.58306   (decimal degrees)
42°04'53" N, 72°34'59" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/699916/4661639 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Springfield South
Average daily traffic (as of 2015)
54,220
Inventory numbers
MA A05001 (Massachusetts bridge number)
BH 19321 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of October 2018)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 72.5 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Beam (15,274)
Built 1954 (348)
Built during 1950s (3,781)
Connecticut River (89)
Deck truss (1,687)
Hampden County, Massachusetts (98)
Have street view (26,374)
Massachusetts (1,069)
Open (39,434)
Owned by state (15,700)
Skewed (4,856)
 Span length 250-500 feet (1,178)
Springfield, Massachusetts (11)
Steel stringer (5,995)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,853)
Truss (32,319)
US 5 (11)
Warren deck truss (595)
Warren deck truss with all verticals (103)
Warren deck truss with sub-panels (7)
Warren truss (6,440)

Update Log 

  • July 21, 2020: New photo from Nick Boppel
  • June 11, 2018: Updated by Royce and Bobette Haley: Design, approaches
  • March 23, 2012: New Street View added by Frank Hicks

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • Frank Hicks
  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Nick Boppel - nickboppel01 [at] gmail [dot] com
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South End Bridge Clean Up
Posted April 9, 2019, by Wayne Rodrigues (Laughingwildwolf [at] yahoo [dot] com)

I am wondering who is responsible for cleaning the Pedestrian walkway over the South End Bridge. I want to commute to work from Agawam to Springfield, but the bridge it covered with broken glass and debris. I’m afraid of getting a flat tire on my bike. I would like the walk way cleaned up ASAP. Thanks