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Hadley Overpass

Berkshire County, Massachusetts

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Hadley Overpass

Photo from Structuremag

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BH Photo #454343

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Street Views 

Description 

The trusses of this bridge do protrude a short distance above the roadway and thus could probably be considered either pony or deck trusses.

Facts 

Overview
Riveted Warren deck truss bridge over Hoosic River on MA 8 in North Adams
Location
North Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1941; rebuilt in 2014
Builders
- Carlos Bianchi Inc. (builder)
- Maurice A. Reidy (design)
- W&L Engineering (design)
Design
Warren deck truss with steel stringer approaches
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 148.0 ft.
Total length: 815.3 ft.
Deck width: 40.0 ft.
Also called
Hoosic River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.69778, -73.11417   (decimal degrees)
42°41'52" N, 73°06'51" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/654464/4728978 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
North Adams
Average daily traffic (as of 2015)
15,373
Inventory numbers
MA N14018 (Massachusetts bridge number)
BH 19194 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of September 2018)
Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 87.5 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Beam (16,960)
Berkshire County, Massachusetts (112)
Built 1941 (489)
Built during 1940s (4,249)
Carlos Bianchi Inc. (1)
Deck truss (1,945)
Flared (403)
Have street view (29,266)
Hoosic River (28)
MA 8 (6)
Massachusetts (1,207)
Maurice A. Reidy (1)
 North Adams, Massachusetts (11)
Open (41,012)
Owned by state (16,593)
Skewed (5,022)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,455)
Steel stringer (6,746)
Total length 500-1000 feet (3,095)
Truss (36,026)
W&L Engineering (1)
Warren deck truss (677)
Warren truss (7,051)

Update Log 

  • April 17, 2022: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
  • November 23, 2021: Updated by Paul Plassman: Corrected truss from pony to deck and added truss type
  • August 16, 2019: New Street View added by Geoff Hubbs
  • August 14, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • April 24, 2015: Updated by Ian Martin: Merged MACRIS Info.
  • November 7, 2013: New Street View added by J.P.

Sources 

  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Ian Martin
  • Geoff Hubbs
  • Paul Plassman
  • Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com
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Hadley Overpass
Posted November 23, 2021, by Paul Plassman

Deck/pony truss? I changed the type from pony to deck since most of the truss is below the roadway but it looks like it could technically be considered either one.