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MBTA - Concord River Bridge
Description
Oldest railroad bridge in New England; though most of the original construction is now encased in concrete.
Facts
- Overview
- Stone arch bridge over Concord River on MBTA Lowell Line
- Location
- Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1832; extensively modified and encased in concrete 1908; timber trestle added 1931
- Railroads
- - Boston & Lowell Railroad (B&L)
- Boston & Maine Railroad (BM)
- Commuter Rail
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)
- Design
- Stone arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 27.0 ft.
Total length: 260.0 ft.
Deck width: 30.0 ft.
- Also called
- Six Arch Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.61950, -71.29572 (decimal degrees)
42°37'10" N, 71°17'45" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 19/311724/4721116 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Billerica
- Inventory number
- BH 65141 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- December 29, 2014: New Street View added by Ian Martin