Charlestown Bridge (2020)

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Charlestown Bridge (Temporary)

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Photo taken by Nick Boppel in September 2020

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BH Photo #480699

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Description

This temporary Acrow/Bailey pony truss bridge is actually two bridges of this design side-by-side, with one bridge carrying the temporary realignment of North Washington Street and another bridge carrying what appears to be a pipeline of some sort.

Facts

Overview: Bailey pony truss bridge over Charles River on North Washington Street (Temporary Alignment)
Location: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Status: Open to traffic
Future prospects: Temporary realignment of North Washington Street to bypass the construction site of the Charlestown Bridge. Temporary bridge will likely be demolished once the new bridge is complete
History: Built 2020
Builder: - Acrow Corporation of America of Parsippany, New Jersey
Design: Bailey pony truss
Approximate latitude, longitude: +42.36895, -71.06046 (decimal degrees)
42°22'08" N, 71°03'38" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 19/330343/4692798 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number: BH 90535 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

September 7, 2020: New photos from Nick Boppel

Related Bridges

Charlestown Bridge (1900) (Predecessor)
Charlestown Bridge (2023) (Successor)

Sources

Nick Boppel - nickboppel01 [at] gmail [dot] com