Rating:
78969
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Rourke Bridge
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 temporary structure. However, as of 2017, the temporary bridge was still in place with no evidence of a replacement construction
Facts
- Overview
- Bailey pony truss over Merrimack River on Wood Street
- Location
- Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1983 as a temporary bridge but never replaced by permenant structure
- Design
- Bailey pony truss
- 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
- Inventory number
- BH 78969 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- October 23, 2017: New Street View added by Matthew