Babson Street Railroad Overpass

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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)

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Update Log 

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

Sources 

• Ian Martin
• Massachusetts Historical Commission

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