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Metropolitan Park Commission Bridge

Essex County, Massachusetts, and Suffolk County, Massachusetts

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Metropolitan Park Commission Bridge

Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Co

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013

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BH Photo #289283

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Saugus River on Massachusetts Route A1
Location
Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts, and Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Status
No longer exists
History
Built 1906; replaced 1934
Builders
- J.R Rablin ( Chief Engineer)
- Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois
Design
Deck plate girder bascule
Dimensions
Total length: 56.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.44442, -70.96573   (decimal degrees)
42°26'40" N, 70°57'57" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
19/338337/4700993 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Lynn
Inventory number
BH 61951 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bascule (1,079)
Built 1906 (636)
Built during 1900s (7,379)
Deck girder (5,909)
Essex County, Massachusetts (127)
Girder (10,510)
J.R Rablin (2)
Lost (25,768)
Lost 1934 (60)
 Lost during 1930s (697)
Lynn, Massachusetts (5)
Massachusetts (1,144)
Movable (3,033)
Owned by state (16,164)
Plate girder (8,158)
Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Co. (123)
Suffolk County, Massachusetts (125)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,358)

Update Log 

  • September 5, 2017: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • July 25, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler

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