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BM - Merrimack River Bridge (1888)

Essex County, Massachusetts

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B&M - Merrimack River Bridge

Massachusetts

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013

License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

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BH Photo #284859

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Street Views 

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Overview
Pratt deck truss bridge over Merrimack River on Boston & Maine RR
Location
Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts
Status
Derelict/abandoned
History
Built 1888
Builder
- Theodore Cooper (designer)
Railroads
- Boston & Maine Railroad (BM)
- Eastern Railroad
Design
Pratt deck truss swing
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 140.0 ft.
Deck width: 25.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.81607, -70.87344   (decimal degrees)
42°48'58" N, 70°52'24" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
19/346842/4742092 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Newburyport East
Inventory number
BH 61230 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (9,637)
Abandoned (4,014)
Boston & Maine Railroad (427)
Built 1888 (260)
Built during 1880s (2,394)
Deck truss (2,051)
Eastern Railroad (9)
Essex County, Massachusetts (137)
Have street view (30,437)
Massachusetts (1,255)
Merrimack River (61)
Movable (3,191)
 Navigable waterway (2,242)
Newburyport, Massachusetts (9)
Owned by railroad (14,151)
Pratt deck truss (434)
Pratt truss (10,849)
Railroad (17,011)
Salisbury, Massachusetts (2)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,602)
Swing (1,620)
Theodore Cooper (5)
Truss (38,331)

Update Log 

  • July 28, 2020: New photos from Nick Boppel
  • December 15, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • January 26, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
  • June 4, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler

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Sources 

  • Douglas Butler
  • Luke
  • Geoff Hubbs
  • Nick Boppel - nickboppel01 [at] gmail [dot] com

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