Lonsdale Avenue Bridge

Photos 

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)
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH)
- Northeast Corridor (NEC)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)

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 

Update Log 

• October 22, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
• 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
• Geoff Hubbs

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