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NH - Neponset River Bridge

Suffolk County, Massachusetts, and Norfolk County, Massachusetts

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NYNH&H - Neponset River Bridge

4 track rolling lift bridge

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in March 2013

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BH Photo #284836

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Bridge over Neponset River on New York New Haven & Hartford RR
Location
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, and Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Status
No longer exists
History
Built 1907
Builders
- C.M. Ingersoll (Chief Engineer)
- Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois
- William Harley Moore ( Engineer of Bridges)
Railroad
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH)
Design
Bascule
Dimensions
Total length: 628.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.28518, -71.03815   (decimal degrees)
42°17'07" N, 71°02'17" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
19/331958/4683451 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Boston South
Inventory number
BH 61224 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bascule (1,064)
Boston, Massachusetts (98)
Built 1907 (698)
Built during 1900s (7,228)
C.M. Ingersoll (1)
Deck girder (5,753)
Girder (10,247)
Lost (24,766)
Massachusetts (1,106)
Movable (2,975)
 Neponset River (12)
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (511)
Norfolk County, Massachusetts (62)
Owned by railroad (12,432)
Plate girder (7,933)
Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Co. (123)
Suffolk County, Massachusetts (124)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,871)
William Harley Moore (1)

Update Log 

  • August 2, 2018: Updated by Chester Gehman: Changed county to Suffolk
  • August 22, 2016: New photos from Douglas Butler
  • June 4, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler

Sources 

  • Douglas Butler
  • Chester Gehman - gehmanc2000 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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