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Albion Bridge

Providence County, Rhode Island

Photos 

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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

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BH Photo #145268

Map 

Street Views 

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Facts 

Overview
Rehabilitated two-span pony truss bridge over Blackstone River on School Street
Location
Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1885 by the Boston Bridge Works; rehabilitated 1924; rehabilitated 1996
Builder
- Boston Bridge Works of Boston, Massachusetts
Design
Two pin-connected, 8-panel Pratt pony trusses
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 98.1 ft.
Total length: 202.1 ft.
Deck width: 18.4 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.95314, -71.45227   (decimal degrees)
41°57'11" N, 71°27'08" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
19/296753/4647481 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Pawtucket
Inventory numbers
RI 164 (Rhode Island bridge number)
RI 1640 (Rhode Island bridge number)
BH 43225 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/2014)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 64.1 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2015)
2,752

Categories 

19th Century (6,156)
8-panel truss (347)
Blackstone River (27)
Boston Bridge Works (92)
Built 1885 (149)
Built during 1880s (1,638)
Cumberland, Rhode Island (9)
Functionally obsolete (7,949)
HAER documented (1,096)
Have street view (21,905)
Open (36,418)
 Owned by state (13,580)
Pin-connected (3,177)
Pony truss (15,024)
Pratt pony truss (3,160)
Pratt truss (7,965)
Providence County, Rhode Island (94)
Rhode Island (171)
Riveted (1,871)
Span length 75-100 feet (5,763)
Total length 175-250 feet (3,745)
Truss (29,377)

Update Log 

  • July 14, 2016: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added categories "Pin-connected", "Riveted"
  • November 11, 2013: New Street View added by Luke Harden
  • November 11, 2013: New photos from Marc N Belanger
  • October 18, 2010: New Street View added by Craig Philpott
  • August 15, 2009: Added by James Baughn

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • HAER RI-21 - Albion Bridge, School Street, Spanning Blackstone River, Cumberland, Providence County, RI
  • Craig Philpott - craigphilpott63 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Marc N Belanger - mnbelanger [at] comcast [dot] net
  • Luke
  • Chester Gehman - gehmanc2000 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Albion Bridge
Posted October 19, 2010, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Sounds like a real possibility Matthew! And if that is the case, then likely those nice cut stone abutments are gone as well.

I guess they can fool most of the people..........

Albion Bridge
Posted October 19, 2010, by Matthew Lohry

I have a theory in mind--I've noticed that the NBI now calls it a steel stringer, rather than a steel truss. Also, as measured from Google Earth, the deck width is now 24 feet between the trusses, where it used to be 18. It looks as if the flooring system was lost, along with the historic integrity. The trusses were probably kept for decorational purposes.

Albion Bridge
Posted October 19, 2010, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Kinda what I was thinking Craig.....how can a bridge be lost in 1996.......and still show on Street View? (which I'm pretty sure was not even thought of then).......I'd like to think it might (crosses fingers) still be there.

Albion Bridge
Posted October 18, 2010, by Craig Philpott (cphilpott [at] puc [dot] edu)

Bridge was extant on the date crossed by the Google photo crew.