Rating:
No votes cast

Lonsdale Avenue Bridge

Providence County, Rhode Island

Photo 

Londsdale Avenue Bridge. Pawtucket, Providence, Co., Ri. Sec. 4116, Mp 188.91

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #153736

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost through truss bridge over Northeast Corridor (Amtrak) on Lonsdale Avenue (RI 122)
Location
Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Island
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Built 1907; replaced ca. 1981
Railroads
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Northeast Corridor (NEC)
Design
Skewed, double-intersection Warren through truss (?)
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.87329, -71.39868   (decimal degrees)
41°52'24" N, 71°23'55" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
19/300947/4638490 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Providence
Inventory number
BH 43982 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Amtrak (481)
Built 1907 (670)
Built during 1900s (6,915)
Double-intersection Warren through truss (166)
Double-intersection Warren truss (447)
Lost (22,847)
Lost 1981 (80)
Lost during 1980s (1,251)
 Northeast Corridor (151)
Owned by state (15,315)
Pawtucket, Rhode Island (9)
Providence County, Rhode Island (101)
Replaced by new bridge (15,239)
Rhode Island (178)
Through truss (14,318)
Truss (31,606)

Update Log 

  • January 30, 2010: Added by James Baughn

Sources 

  • HAER RI-19 - Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak route between CT & MA state lines, Providence, Providence County, RI

Comments 

Post a comment here Contact webmaster