B&A - Whistler Bridge #3

Photos 

Photo taken by Marc Belanger

View this photo on Flickr

BH Photo #247305

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Abandoned stone arch bridge over West Branch Westfield River on Railroad

Location

Hampshire County, Massachusetts, and Berkshire County, Massachusetts

Status

Abandoned

History

Built 1840, Bypassed/Abandoned 1912

Builders

- Alexander Birnie (stonemason)
- George Washington Whistler of Fort Wayne, Indiana (Designer)

Railroad

- Boston & Albany Railroad (B&A; BA)

Design

Stone arch

Recognition

Listed as a contributing resource to the Middlefield-Becket Stone Arch Railroad Bridge District

Also called

Keystone Bridge C

Approximate latitude, longitude

+42.30983, -73.00301   (decimal degrees)
42°18'35" N, 73°00'11" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

18/664584/4686108 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Becket

Inventory numbers

80000502
BH 55312 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• July 25, 2014: HAER photos posted by Ian Martin
• January 24, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added photograph.

Related Bridges 

• CSX - West Branch Westfield River Bridge (MP 128.88) (Upstream)

Sources 

• Luke
• HAER MA-154 - Whistler Bridge No. 3, Becket, Berkshire County, MA

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