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Carlton Street Footbridge
Facts
- Overview
- Pony truss bridge over the railroad tracks on a pedestrian walkway between Carlton Street and Riverway Park
- Location
- Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
- Status
- Closed to all traffic
- History
- Built 1894; closed to pedestrians in 1976
- Builders
- - Alexis French (Design)
- Frederick Law Olmsted (Architect)
- Railroads
- - Boston & Albany Railroad (B&A; BA)
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)
- New York Central Railroad (NYC)
- Design
- Pratt pony truss
- Dimensions
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Total length: 108.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.34321, -71.10779 (decimal degrees)
42°20'36" N, 71°06'28" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 19/326375/4690034 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Boston South
- Inventory number
- BH 44173 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- July 28, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- July 26, 2014: New Street View added by Luke
- July 26, 2014: New photos from Ian Martin
- February 19, 2010: Added by James Baughn
Sources
- Geoff Hubbs
- Opponents seek to derail funding for controversial Brookline footbridge - Feb. 18, 2010
- Ian Martin
- Luke
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