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Rourke Bridge (1983)
Description
The Rourke Bridge was originally designed as a temporary crossing of the Merrimack River to provide easier access to this section of Lowell. The bridge is a Bailey pony truss bridge and was intended to be replaced by a permanent structure. However, as of 2017, the temporary bridge was still in place with no evidence of a replacement constructionFacts
- Overview
- Bailey pony truss over Merrimack River on Wood Street
- Location
- Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
- Status
- Open to traffic with a weight limit
- Future prospects
- Possibly will be replaced with a permanent structure at some point in the future. However, this narrow 2-lane "temporary" bridge from 1983 has remained in place.
- History
- Built 1983 as a temporary bridge but never replaced by permenant structure
- Design
- Bailey pony truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 149.9 ft.
Total length: 1,112.9 ft.
Deck width: 23.6 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.63880, -71.35695 (decimal degrees)
42°38'20" N, 71°21'25" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 19/306762/4723398 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Lowell
- Average daily traffic (as of 2018)
- 32,200
- Inventory numbers
- MA L15088 (Massachusetts bridge number)
BH 78969 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of November 2018)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 46.6 (out of 100)
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