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Stadium Bridge

Hampshire County, Massachusetts

Photos 

Overview

http://www.ecs.umass.edu/adaptive_bridge_use/bridge_files/sV...

http://www.ecs.umass.edu/adaptive_bridge_use/bridge_files/sVermont1906Bridge/sVermont1906Bridge.html

BH Photo #218507

Map 

Description 

As per http://www.ecs.umass.edu/adaptive_bridge_use/bridge_files/sV...

"The Southern Vermont (1906) Bridge was the first bridge obtained by the Adaptive Use Bridge Project. The bridge was a donation from the Vermont Transportation Agency in 1996. This bridge has been successfully reconstructed and is now used near the UMass football stadium to span a small stream."

Facts 

Overview
Warren pony truss bridge over a small stream on a pedestrian path that links the UMass football stadium parking lot with the rest of the athlethic complex
Location
Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Status
Open to pedestrians
History
Built 1906 in southern Vermont and relocated to UMass in 1996
Design
Warren pony truss with alternating verticals
Dimensions
Total length: 40.0 ft.
Also called
Southern Vermont (1906) Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.38024, -72.53700   (decimal degrees)
42°22'49" N, 72°32'13" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/702766/4694934 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Mount Toby
Inventory number
BH 49906 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Adaptive Use Bridge Project (8)
Amherst, Massachusetts (12)
Built 1906 (663)
Built during 1900s (7,739)
Hampshire County, Massachusetts (71)
Massachusetts (1,219)
Open to pedestrians (4,630)
Owned by college (93)
Painted red (71)
 Pony truss (17,229)
Preserved (1,235)
Total length 25-50 feet (11,617)
Truss (36,783)
University of Massachusetts-Amherst (8)
Warren pony truss (3,595)
Warren pony truss with alternating verticals (806)
Warren truss (7,090)

Update Log 

  • May 4, 2021: New photo from Chester Gehman
  • October 25, 2011: Added by James McCray

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