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Arnold Mills Bridge

Providence County, Rhode Island

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Sneech Pond Road Bridge

This bridge is now closed. It appears that the deck needs to be rebuilt as the framing looks to be in rather nice shape for it's age.

Photo taken by Gary H Phillips in February 2010

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BH Photo #155846

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Description 

Bridge deck appears to need to be restored.

The Abbott Run Pony Bridges 

Excerpted by C. Gehman from "Historic Highway Bridges of Rhode Island

The flood of February 1886 destroyed many bridges in the town of Cumberland.The town contracted with Boston Bridge Works to provide four new bridges across Abbott Run for $22,000. Three of them remain: The Arnold Mills Bridge (the only one with a sidewalk), Howard Road Bridge, and Rawson Road Bridge. Additionally, a plate-girder bridge spanning a mill tailrace was erected west of the pony truss on Rawson Road. This is possibly the earliest Rhode Island use of metal beams as the primary bridge structure.

Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over Abbott Run on Sneech Pond Road in Cumberland
Location
Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island
Status
Appears to be open to pedestrians
History
Built 1886; rehabilitated 1985
Builder
- Boston Bridge Works of Boston, Massachusetts
Design
Riveted, 5-panel Pratt pony truss
Dimensions
Span length: 62.0 ft.
Total length: 62.0 ft.
Deck width: 17.4 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
Also called
Sneech Pond Road Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.97961, -71.39314   (decimal degrees)
41°58'47" N, 71°23'35" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
19/301736/4650282 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Pawtucket
Inventory numbers
RI 3010 (Rhode Island bridge number)
BH 31956 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of September 2018)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 31 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

19th Century (7,630)
5-panel truss (486)
Boston Bridge Works (103)
Built 1886 (196)
Built during 1880s (2,010)
Cumberland, Rhode Island (9)
Have street view (27,072)
NR-listed (2,962)
Open to pedestrians (4,253)
Owned by state (16,054)
Pony truss (16,244)
 Pratt pony truss (3,654)
Pratt truss (9,349)
Providence County, Rhode Island (115)
Rhode Island (195)
Riveted (2,183)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,104)
Structurally deficient (14,100)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,318)
Truss (32,979)
Wooden deck (6,074)

Update Log 

  • March 14, 2021: New photo from Patrick Gurwell
  • August 22, 2014: Essay added by Chester Gehman
  • August 22, 2014: New Street View added by Luke
  • August 21, 2014: Updated by Chester Gehman: Changed bridge name to that used by h'way dept.
  • February 21, 2010: Updated by Gary H Phillips: Bridge is now closed to traffic but is still in place

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Sources 

  • Gary H Phillips - gary [at] ghpassociates [dot] com
  • Chester Gehman - gehmanc2000 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Luke
  • Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com
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Sneech Pond Road Bridge
Posted May 7, 2009, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

With the exception of the ugly galvanized ARMCO railing, this is a beautiful pony truss. If they keep it for pedestrian use only, then they could remove it and show the decorative railing better.

Sneech Pond Road Bridge
Posted May 6, 2009, by Sterling Vernon (sterlingvernon [at] yahoo [dot] com)

This bridge has been closed to vehicular traffic per the RIDOT for about 2 months as of 5/2009. The neighborhood is lobbying RIDOT and the town to find a way to keep it open to pedestrian traffic at minimum and to remove the unsightly "work area" closure treatment recently placed by RIDOT.