Washington Secondary Trail - Flat River Bridge

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Street View 

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Overview

Deck plate girder bridge over Flat River Reservoir on Washington Secondary Trail

Location

Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island

Status

Open to pedestrians only

History

Built 1910, rehabilitated for trail use 2014

Builder

- Pennsylvania Steel Co. of Steelton, Pennsylvania

Railroads

- Hartford, Providence & Fishkill Railroad (HP&F)
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH)

Design

Deck plate girder

Dimensions

Total length: 50.0 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+41.70343, -71.62833   (decimal degrees)
41°42'12" N, 71°37'42" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

19/281311/4620187 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Coventry Center

Inventory number

BH 66443 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Update Log 

• March 8, 2015: New Street View added by Ian Martin

Sources 

• Ian Martin
• RIDOT Flickr - 2013 photo before restoration
• RIDOT Flickr - 2014 photo after painting
• RI Inventory of Engineering & Industrial Sites - Builder/build year information

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