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BM - Swift River Bridge
Photo
Central Mass Swift River Bridge
Photo from C/WMARS Digital Treasures Project (http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/palmer,16)
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BH Photo #290106
Description
Former Central Massachusetts Railroad, later part of the Boston & Maine network. Abandoned as a through route in 1939 following damage from the 1938 hurricane; the section from Northampton to Wheelwright was retained as a branch until it was mostly abandoned in the early 1980s. Following abandonment, the Bondsville Trestle was removed in 1983.Facts
- Overview
- Lost Double-intersection Warren deck truss bridge over Swift River, Main Street, and B&A Athol Branch ROW on B&M Central Massachusetts Branch (abandoned)
- Location
- Bondsville, Hampden County, Massachusetts, and Hampshire County, Massachusetts
- Status
- Removed but not replaced
- History
- Built 1887
- Railroads
- - Boston & Maine Railroad (BM)
- Central Massachusetts Railroad
- Design
- Double-intersection Warren deck truss spans over both branches of the Swift River with deck plate girder approaches.
- Also called
- Bondsville Trestle
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.21899, -72.34190 (decimal degrees)
42°13'08" N, 72°20'31" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/719389/4677511 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Palmer
- Inventory number
- BH 62182 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
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