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Old Danforth Street Bridge
Description
"The 1890 Danforth Street bridge was the first bridge ever erected on this site -- its purpose was to open up the high land east of the Sudbury River for development as part of the growth of the village of Saxonville."-S.J. Roper, MDPW, 5/1989
Facts
- Overview
- Pratt pony truss bridge on an old alignment of Danforth Street over Sudbury River
- Location
- Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
- Status
- Open to pedestrians
- History
- Built 1890 by Dean & Westbrook; bypassed 1982
- Builder
- - Dean & Westbrook of New York, New York
- Design
- Pratt pony truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 71.0 ft.
Total length: 76.0 ft.
Deck width: 34.0 ft.
- Skew angle
- 33 degrees
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.32567, -71.39736 (decimal degrees)
42°19'32" N, 71°23'50" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 19/302466/4688719 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Framingham
- Inventory numbers
- MA F-7-11 (Massachusetts bridge number)
BH 49876 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- September 6, 2017: New photos from Chester Gehman
- June 23, 2015: Updated by Ian Martin: Merged MACRIS Info., added builder & build year
- October 22, 2011: Added by James McCray
Sources
- James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Old Danforth Street bridge in Saxonville - Good Pic of Bridge
- Ian Martin
- Massachusetts Historical Commission
- Chester Gehman - gehmanc2000 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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The use of Phoenix Columns and the small finials that adorn the one end are suggestive of the Phoenix Bridge Company. Beautiful details on this bridge especially the railings and the floor beam extensions for the walkways. I realize it's a pedestrian bridge now... but I still wish they would have utilized the walkways in the restoration.