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Smithfield Avenue Bridge

Providence County, Rhode Island
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Cemetery Avenue Bridge. Providence, Providence, Co., Ri. Sec. 4116, Mp 187.60

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Northeast Corridor (Amtrak) on Smithfield Avenue (RI 126)
Location
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Replaced ca. 1984
Design
Six-span Pratt through truss
Also called
Cemetery Avenue Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.85597, -71.40807   (decimal degrees)
41°51'22" N, 71°24'29" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
19/300113/4636588 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Providence
Inventory number
BH 43981 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Amtrak (158)
Lost (10,356)
Lost 1984 (33)
Lost during 1980s (435)
Northeast Corridor (11)
Owned by state (9,806)
Pratt through truss (3,166)
 Pratt truss (5,658)
Providence County, Rhode Island (66)
Providence, Rhode Island (10)
Replaced by new bridge (7,131)
Rhode Island (108)
Through truss (9,205)
Truss (23,565)

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

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