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Great Bridge (1884)
Photo
September, 1931-bridge will be replaced along with demolition of adjacent Berkshire Street Railway bridge.
Courtesy Gary Leveille; The Berkshire Edge-John Taylor photo.
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BH Photo #493867
Description
There has been a river crossing ar this point since the 18th Century. The first iron bridge was put up in about 1868 and was a Truesdell Patent Truss. Unfortunaely, after a few years the bridge became unstable, and in May of 1884 the town decided to replace it with one from the Berlin Iron Bridge Co, a lenticular truss which was in turn replaced in 1931.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Lenticular pony truss bridge over Housatonic River on State Road (future US-7) in Great Barrington.
- Location
- Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1884, replaced 1931
- Builder
- - Berlin Iron Bridge Co. of East Berlin, Connecticut
- Design
- Lenticular pony truss
- Also called
- Great Barrington Bridge
State Road Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.20141, -73.35785 (decimal degrees)
42°12'05" N, 73°21'28" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/635570/4673444 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 92537 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- November 19, 2021: Updated by Art Suckewer: added loss date to history
- April 5, 2021: Added by Chester Gehman
- March 31, 2021: New photo from Chester Gehman