Woronoco Bridge

Photos

General View Of West Portal Elevation From Roadway, Looking East

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #289269

Map

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Description

The history of the Woronoco Bridge is closely associated with the growth of the Woronoco Mills and the surrounding company town. The Woronoco Bridge is a good example of a relatively standard design for concrete arch bridges built in the early-twentieth century. The bridge is one of the least-altered of eight open-spandrel, ribbed-arch type concrete bridges under Massachusetts Department of Public Works purview.

-- Historic American Engineering Record

Replaced a 3-span lenticular through truss built by the Berlin Iron Bridge Co. in 1888.

Facts

Overview: Open-spandrel arch bridge over Westfield River on Bridge Street
Location: Woronoco, Hampden County, Massachusetts
Status: Open to pedestrians only
History: Built 1923, closed to traffic 1987
Builders: - Daniel O'Connell & Sons of Holyoke, Massachusetts (Erection)
- Samuel M. Green Co. of Springfield, Massachusetts (Design)
Design: Open-spandrel arch
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 95.0 ft.
Total length: 400.0 ft.
Deck width: 27.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +42.16383, -72.82715 (decimal degrees)
42°09'50" N, 72°49'38" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/679492/4670251 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Woronoco
Inventory number: BH 61950 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

June 14, 2017: Updated by Chester Gehman: Added to description.
May 24, 2017: New photos from Chester Gehman
July 25, 2014: Added by Ian Martin

Related Bridges

I-90 - Westfield River Bridge (Downstream)
Woronoco Bridge (Old) (Predecessor)
Valley View Avenue Bridge (Upstream)

Sources

Ian Martin
HAER MA-113 - Woronoco Bridge, Spanning Westfield River on Bridge Street, Russell, Hampden County, MA
Chester Gehman - gehmanc2000 [at] yahoo [dot] com