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Babson Street Railroad Overpass

Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Photo 

NY, NH and H Railroad Bridge (Milepost #5.82)

Photo from MACRIS Database

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BH Photo #323283

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Double-intersection Warren through truss bridge over MBTA Fairmount Line on Babson Street
Location
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1901, replaced 2002
Builders
- New England Structural Co. of Boston, Massachusetts
- William H. Moore (designer, NYNH&H Engineer of Bridges)
Railroad
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH)
Design
Double-intersection Warren through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 113.9 ft.
Total length: 129.9 ft.
Deck width: 32.8 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.27417, -71.09250   (decimal degrees)
42°16'27" N, 71°05'33" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
19/327446/4682337 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Boston South
Inventory number
BH 65736 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Boston, Massachusetts (98)
Built 1901 (543)
Built during 1900s (7,224)
Double-intersection Warren through truss (168)
Double-intersection Warren truss (456)
Lost (24,733)
Lost 2002 (477)
Lost during 2000s (4,185)
Massachusetts (1,104)
New England Structural Co. (12)
 New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (511)
Owned by state (15,986)
Replaced by new bridge (16,577)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,395)
Structurally deficient (14,198)
Suffolk County, Massachusetts (124)
Through truss (15,062)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,920)
Truss (32,784)
William H. Moore (1)

Update Log 

  • April 24, 2015: Photo imported by Ian Martin
  • January 28, 2015: Added by Ian Martin

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