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Canton Viaduct

Norfolk County, Massachusetts
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Overview
Massive stone arch bridge over East Branch Neponset River and Neponset Street on the MBTA Railroad
Location
Canton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1835
Builders
- Capt. William Gibbs McNeill
- Dodd & Baldwin of Pennsylvania
Design
Stone arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 22.5 ft.
Total length: 615.0 ft.
Deck width: 22.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.15799, -71.15394   (decimal degrees)
42°09'29" N, 71°09'14" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
19/322053/4669563 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Brockton
Inventory number
BH 38198 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,822)
Amtrak (158)
Arch (9,419)
Boston & Providence Railroad (1)
Built 1835 (7)
Built during 1830s (89)
CSX Railroad (581)
Canton, Massachusetts (1)
Capt. William Gibbs McNeill (1)
Deck arch (8,700)
Dodd & Baldwin (1)
HAER documented (782)
Have street view (9,891)
Historic Civil Engineering Landmark (41)
 Massachusetts (433)
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (2)
NR-listed (2,354)
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (8)
Norfolk County, Massachusetts (22)
Northeast Corridor (11)
Old Colony Railroad (1)
Open (28,316)
Owned by railroad (4,045)
Penn Central Railroad (36)
Span length under 25 feet (4,081)
Stone arch (1,927)
Total length 500-1000 feet (1,805)

Update Log 

  • April 28, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Corrected location
  • November 23, 2008: Added by James Baughn

Sources 

  • HAER MA-27 - Boston & Providence Railroad, Canton Viaduct, Neponset Street at East branch of Neponset River, Canton, Norfolk County, MA
  • HAER MA-19 - Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between RI/MA State Line & South Station, Boston, Suffolk County, MA
  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Canton Viaduct
Posted January 9, 2009, by Ed Costanza (edcostanza [at] yahoo [dot] com)

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