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Field Street Bridge
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MBTA - Field Street Bridge
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BH Photo #471223
Description
"The oldest (1894) and one of the least altered of a group of 5 similar single-intersection Warren pony truss bridges built for the NYNH&H RR in Brockton in the 1890s. All of these 5 bridges have unusual box-section upper chords and end posts with angles facing inward rather than outward. The outer profile of such an upper chord is a simple, flat-sided box studded with rivet heads--much more attractive than the standard upper-chord design with outward-facing angles. Metal truss bridges with upper chords of these type have never been common in Massachusetts - this is the oldest known example in the MDPW database." -S.J. Roper, 10/20/1987
Facts
- Overview
- Pony truss bridge over MBTA on Field Street
- Location
- Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1894; replaced 1997
- Builders
- - Boston Bridge Works of Boston, Massachusetts
- W.H. Moore (engineer)
- Railroads
- - Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH)
- Old Colony Railroad (OC)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Design
- Warren pony truss with no verticals
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 70.0 ft.
Total length: 73.0 ft.
Deck width: 49.7 ft.
- Recognition
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Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.10512, -71.02097 (decimal degrees)
42°06'18" N, 71°01'15" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 19/332900/4663423 (zone/easting/northing)
- Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
- 2,357
- Inventory number
- BH 89152 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of January 2017)
- Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 91.7 (out of 100)
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Update Log
- May 22, 2020: Updated by Ian Martin: Added MACRIS database info.
- May 21, 2020: Updated by Ian Martin: Bridge has been replaced
- April 28, 2020: New photos from Geoff Hubbs