CSX - West Branch Westfield River Bridge (MP 128.88)

Photos 

Elevation Looking NW

Visible behind stone bridge

Photo taken by Jet Lowe for the Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #315505

Map 

Description 

Facts 

Overview

Closed-spandrel arch bridge over West Branch, Westfield River on CSX Berkshire Subdivision

Location

Middlefield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, and Berkshire County, Massachusetts

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1913 to bypass adjacent 1840 structure

Railroads

- Boston & Albany Railroad (B&A; BA)
- CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Conrail (CR)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)

Design

Skewed concrete arch

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 50.0 ft.

Recognition

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

Also called

B&A - Bridge 128.88

Approximate latitude, longitude

+42.30981, -73.00319   (decimal degrees)
42°18'35" N, 73°00'11" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

18/664570/4686105 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Becket

Inventory number

BH 65910 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• March 14, 2015: New photo from Marc N Belanger
• February 8, 2015: Added by Ian Martin

Related Bridges 

• B&A - Whistler Bridge #3 (Downstream)

Sources 

• Ian Martin
• HAER MA-154 - Whistler Bridge No. 3, Becket, Berkshire County, MA
• Marc N Belanger - mnbelanger [at] comcast [dot] net

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