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MBTA - Parker Street Overpass

Essex County, Massachusetts

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Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Parker Street on MBTA Haverhill Line
Location
Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1930; scheduled for replacement 2020-2021
Builder
- Shoemaker Bridge Co. of Pottstown, PA
Railroads
- Boston & Maine Railroad (BM)
- Commuter Rail
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)
- Pan Am Railways (PAR)
- Springfield Terminal Railway (ST)
Design
Pony plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 46.8 ft.
Total length: 60.0 ft.
Also called
B&M - Western Route Main Line Bridge No. 28
B&M - Western Route Main Line Bridge No. 25.99
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.70019, -71.15982   (decimal degrees)
42°42'01" N, 71°09'35" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
19/323099/4729784 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Lawrence
Inventory number
BH 65801 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (16,880)
Boston & Maine Railroad (415)
Built 1930 (1,837)
Built during 1930s (12,165)
Commuter Rail (439)
Curb Columns (167)
Doomed (1,065)
Essex County, Massachusetts (136)
Girder (11,169)
Have street view (28,893)
Lawrence, Massachusetts (24)
Massachusetts (1,204)
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (128)
 Open (40,968)
Owned by state (16,554)
Pan Am Railways (137)
Plate girder (8,724)
Railroad (16,455)
Shoemaker Bridge Co. (2)
Skewed (5,012)
Span length 25-50 feet (16,218)
Springfield Terminal Railway (164)
Steel stringer (6,712)
Through girder (4,189)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,568)

Update Log 

  • July 3, 2020: Updated by Ian Martin: Scheduled for replacement
  • February 1, 2015: New Street View added by Ian Martin

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