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Howe Street Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Warren pony truss with no verticals bridge over Boston & Albany Railroad on Howe Street
- Location
- Ashland, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1891 by R.F. Hawkins Iron Works; replaced 1990
- Builders
- - R.F. Hawkins Iron Works of Springfield, Massachusetts
- W.G.S. Chamberlain (Engineer, B&A Road Dept.)
- Railroad
- - Boston & Albany Railroad (B&A; BA)
- Design
- Riveted warren pony truss with no verticals & outrigger sway braces
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 60.0 ft.
Total length: 64.0 ft.
Deck width: 20.5 ft.
- Also called
- B&A Main Line Bridge 41A
B&A Main Line Bridge 26.08 - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.26500, -71.49804 (decimal degrees)
42°15'54" N, 71°29'53" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 19/293972/4682221 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 68166 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
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