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B&A - Indian Leap Bridge

Hampden County, Massachusetts

Photos 

Indian Orchard Indian Leap Bridge

Photo from ImageMuseum Gallery (http://imagemuseum.smugmug.com/History/Western-Mass-Railroad-Images)

View this photo at imagemuseum.smugmug.com

BH Photo #313100

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Lattice deck truss bridge over Chicopee River on B&A Athol Branch in Ludlow
Location
Ludlow, Hampden County, Massachusetts
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Replaced early 1900s by a Warren deck truss (itself removed in the 1980s)
Railroad
- Boston & Albany Railroad (BA)
Design
Lattice deck truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.16004, -72.48957   (decimal degrees)
42°09'36" N, 72°29'22" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/707392/4670596 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Ludlow
Inventory number
BH 65425 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Boston & Albany Railroad (107)
Chicopee River (11)
Deck truss (1,942)
Hampden County, Massachusetts (113)
Lattice deck truss (32)
Lattice truss (707)
 Lost (29,077)
Ludlow, Massachusetts (7)
Massachusetts (1,205)
Railroad (16,518)
Replaced by new bridge (19,768)
Truss (35,955)

Update Log 

  • April 19, 2016: New photo from Art Suckewer
  • January 11, 2015: Added by Ian Martin

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • Ian Martin
  • Art Suckewer - Asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com

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