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Fore River Bridge

Norfolk County, Massachusetts
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General View Looking Northwest, Showing Fore River Bridge

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

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Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost deck truss bascule bridge over Fore River on MA 3A
Location
Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1936; rehabilitated 1954
Builders
- Desmond & Lord (Architectural consultants)
- George H. Delano (Chief engineer)
- George Harkness (Bridge engineer)
Design
Pratt deck truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 219.2 ft.
Total length: 1,323.2 ft.
Deck width: 60.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.24417, -70.96778   (decimal degrees)
42°14'39" N, 70°58'04" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
19/337654/4678760 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Weymouth
Inventory numbers
MA Q01001 (Massachusetts bridge number)
BH 19422 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 12/1998)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 32.3 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1998)
41,000

Categories 

Bascule (559)
Built 1936 (746)
Built during 1930s (8,553)
Deck truss (953)
Desmond & Lord (1)
Formerly NR-eligible (264)
George H. Delano (1)
George Harkness (1)
HAER documented (781)
Lost (10,359)
Massachusetts (431)
 Movable (1,355)
Norfolk County, Massachusetts (22)
Owned by state (9,807)
Pratt deck truss (169)
Pratt truss (5,658)
Replaced by new bridge (7,133)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,483)
Structurally deficient (16,678)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,213)
Truss (23,566)

Update Log 

  • November 22, 2008: New photos from James Baughn

Sources 

  • HAER MA-36 - Fore River Bridge, Route 3A, spanning Fore River, Weymouth, Norfolk County, MA
  • James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
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Fore River Bridge
Posted September 15, 2010, by colin (ocean998877 [at] yahoo mail [dot] com )

yes it is the tower on the right is the skype energy cooling tower in north weymouth i cross it north and south each day

Fore River Bridge, MA
Posted November 28, 2009, by Connie Henze (conniehenze [at] mac [dot] com)

Hello everybody,

I believe the bridge on the photo is not the Fore River Bridge, is it?

I am not sure, but i visited today Norfolk County on Hwy 3A.

Please, have a look on my photo. Thanks.

Connie.

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Fore River Bridge
Posted March 21, 2008, by Matt Gagliano (mgagliano [at] hardesty-hanover [dot] com)

For the past 7 years (2)side-by-side temporary lift spans have been in place designed and built by Acrow Corporation. The span length is 210ft. Lift height is 120ft. Each span carries 2 lanes of traffic.