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Branch Avenue Bridge

Providence County, Rhode Island
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Branch Avenue Bridge. Providence, Providence Co., Ri. Sec. 4116, Mp 186.95

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record for documentation of the Northeast Corridor

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Northeast Corridor (Amtrak) on Branch Avenue
Location
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Replaced ca. 1984
Design
Main span: Pin-connected, 6-panel Pratt through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.84707, -71.41312   (decimal degrees)
41°50'49" N, 71°24'47" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
19/299666/4635612 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Providence
Inventory number
BH 43980 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

6-panel truss (405)
Amtrak (158)
Lost (10,359)
Lost 1984 (33)
Lost during 1980s (435)
Northeast Corridor (11)
Owned by city (3,049)
Pin-connected (1,519)
 Pratt through truss (3,166)
Pratt truss (5,658)
Providence County, Rhode Island (66)
Providence, Rhode Island (10)
Replaced by new bridge (7,133)
Rhode Island (108)
Through truss (9,205)
Truss (23,566)

Update Log 

  • January 30, 2010: Added by James Baughn

Sources 

  • James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
  • HAER RI-19 - Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak route between CT & MA state lines, Providence, Providence County, RI

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