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Ipswich River Bridge
Description
Built ca. 1853; cemented when US 1 was widened in the early 20th century (likely the 1922 rehabilitation).
Facts
- Overview
- Stone arch bridge over Ipswich River on US 1 in Topsfield
- Location
- Essex County, Massachusetts
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1850; rehabilitated 1922
- Design
- Stone arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 32.2 ft.
Total length: 38.1 ft.
Deck width: 29.9 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.62500, -70.94833 (decimal degrees)
42°37'30" N, 70°56'54" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 19/340229/4721013 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Salem
- Average daily traffic (as of 2016)
- 16,700
- Inventory numbers
- MA T06003 (Massachusetts bridge number)
BH 19242 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of June 2018)
- Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 50.6 (out of 100)
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Update Log
- December 16, 2010: New Street View added by Jason Smith
Sources
- Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
- Boston Kayaker - Images
Barry,
The bridge on Salem Road is a concrete T-beam bridge built in 1931, so it has some significance historically, but certainly not compared to all of the 1700's and 1800's masonry arch bridges in the area. I'm not sure if any metal rails are blocking pulloffs or what the significance of the number on the guardrail is.