Ponakin Bridge

Photos 

Ma1172 'Barrel Shot' Showing Truss And Wooden Deck

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #154711

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Post through truss bridge over North Branch Nashua River on Ponakin Road

Location

Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Status

Closed to all traffic

History

Built 1871; closed to traffic 1978

Builders

- Simeon S. Post (Truss design)
- Watson Manufacturing Co. of Paterson, New Jersey

Design

Wrought- and cast-iron Post through truss

Dimensions

Span length: 100.0 ft.
Total length: 100.0 ft.
Deck width: 20.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.8 ft.

Recognition

Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on September 10, 1979

Also called

Ponakin Mill Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+42.48122, -71.68522   (decimal degrees)
42°28'52" N, 71°41'07" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

19/279292/4706702 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Clinton

Inventory numbers

NRHP 79000378 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 44061 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• April 24, 2017: New photos from Chester Gehman
• August 10, 2016: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
• June 14, 2014: New photos from Chester Gehman
• February 8, 2010: Added by James Baughn

Sources 

• Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
• HAER MA-13 - Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster vicinity, Worcester County, MA
• Wikipedia
• Chester Gehman - gehmanc2000 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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