B&A - Indian Leap Bridge

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

Location

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 (B&A; 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 

Update Log 

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

Related Bridges 

• Conrail - Indian Leap Bridge (Successor)

Sources 

• Ian Martin

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