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Woronoco Bridge

Hampden County, Massachusetts

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 

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)

Categories 

Arch (12,685)
Built 1923 (641)
Built during 1920s (10,284)
Daniel O'Connell & Sons (2)
Deck arch (11,920)
HAER documented (1,124)
Hampden County, Massachusetts (113)
Massachusetts (1,205)
Open to pedestrians (4,599)
 Open-spandrel arch (809)
Owned by state (16,592)
Samuel M. Green Co. (1)
Slab (2,245)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,676)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,545)
Westfield River (31)
Woronoco, Massachusetts (4)

Update Log 

  • March 4, 2021: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
  • 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 

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
  • Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com

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