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5th Street Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Concrete through arch bridge over B&M RR and Nashua River on Fifth Street in Fitchburg
- Location
- Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts
- Status
- Replaced by new bridge in 2003
- History
- Replaced.
- Builder
- - McHarg-Barton of New York City, New York
- Railroad
- - Boston & Maine Railroad (BM)
- Design
- Concrete rainbow through arch. Described as a Melan type. Open spandrel deck arch approach spans.
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 193.5 ft.
Deck width: 40.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.57548, -71.78838 (decimal degrees)
42°34'32" N, 71°47'18" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 19/271157/4717443 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Fitchburg
- Inventory number
- BH 72511 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- December 11, 2019: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
- December 2, 2016: New photo from Dana and Kay Klein
- June 16, 2016: Added by Nathan Holth
Sources
- Nathan Holth
- Dana and Kay Klein
- Geoff Hubbs
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Referenced in Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way March 1914 Page 120.