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MBTA - Winter Street Overpass

Essex County, Massachusetts

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Description 

"The 1928 thru plate girder bridge was fabricated by the Phoenix Bridge Company of Phoenixville, Pa., and approved by engineer J. Winchester. The bridge is composed of 3 girders with 4 stringers for each of the 2 tracks. Both tracks have lower lateral bracing and wooden floor beams. The bridge is flanked by 2 I-beam deck approach spans 11'-3" long with steel bents, much ..- like the other Haverhill bridges. The stone abutments are laid in 7 courses with alternating rows of headers and stretchers. A portion of the abutments probably dates to the earlier 1905 bridge fabricated by the New England Structural Company of E. Everett, Massachusetts." -Massachusetts Historical Commission (P.K. Lazrus, MBTA Historic Property Survey, 11/1987)

Facts 

Overview
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Winter Street/MA 97 on MBTA Haverhill Line
Location
Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1928
Builder
- Phoenix Bridge Co. of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
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: 41.8 ft.
Total length: 64.2 ft.
Deck width: 27.0 ft.
Also called
B&M Western Route Bridge No. 33.21
B&M Western Route Bridge No. A36
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.77759, -71.08725   (decimal degrees)
42°46'39" N, 71°05'14" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
19/329256/4738229 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Haverhill
Inventory number
BH 65823 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Boston & Maine Railroad (415)
Built 1928 (1,221)
Built during 1920s (10,256)
Commuter Rail (439)
Curb Columns (167)
Essex County, Massachusetts (136)
Girder (11,169)
Have street view (28,892)
Haverhill, Massachusetts (16)
MA 97 (4)
Massachusetts (1,203)
 Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (128)
Open (40,968)
Owned by state (16,553)
Pan Am Railways (137)
Phoenix Bridge Co. (244)
Plate girder (8,724)
Railroad (16,454)
Span length 25-50 feet (16,217)
Springfield Terminal Railway (164)
Through girder (4,189)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,565)

Update Log 

  • February 2, 2015: New Street View added by Ian Martin

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