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BM - Merrimack River Bridge (Haverhill)
Description
Five span Whipple through truss built by the Phoenix Steel Company (per Mass. Historical Commission record) in 1880. Replaced in 1919 by the present Warren through/deck truss bridge, which itself is up for major rehabilitation or replacement.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Whipple through truss bridge over Merrimack River on B&M Western Route
- Location
- Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1880 by the Phoenix Bridge Co.; replaced by present structure 1919
- Builder
- - Phoenix Bridge Co. of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
- Railroad
- - Boston & Maine Railroad (BM)
- Design
- Whipple through truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.77087, -71.08625 (decimal degrees)
42°46'15" N, 71°05'11" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 19/329319/4737481 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Haverhill
- Inventory number
- BH 65826 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- October 16, 2016: New photo from Dave King
- June 5, 2016: New photo from Art Suckewer
- February 2, 2015: Added by Ian Martin
Sources
- Ian Martin
- Flickr - 1906 Postcard
- Art Suckewer - Asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com
- Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com