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Duck Bridge

Essex County, Massachusetts

Photos 

General View From North River Bank, Looking Southeast

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #127909

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Five-span through truss bridge over Merrimack River on Union Street
Location
Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1888 by the Boston Bridge Works
Builders
- Boston Bridge Works of Boston, Massachusetts
- George L. Vose (Consulting engineer)
Design
Five riveted, double-intersection Warren through truss spans
Dimensions
Total length: 609.9 ft.
Recognition
Listed as a contributing resource to the North Canal Historic District
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.70433, -71.15341   (decimal degrees)
42°42'16" N, 71°09'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
19/323636/4730230 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Lawrence
Average daily traffic (as of 2015)
20,800
Inventory numbers
MA L04003 (Massachusetts bridge number)
BH 19257 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of January 2017)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 72.2 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

19th Century (8,382)
Boston Bridge Works (104)
Built 1888 (237)
Built during 1880s (2,171)
Double-intersection Warren through truss (183)
Double-intersection Warren truss (494)
Essex County, Massachusetts (136)
George L. Vose (1)
HAER documented (1,122)
Have street view (28,910)
 Lawrence, Massachusetts (24)
Massachusetts (1,204)
Merrimack River (56)
NR-contributing (162)
Open (40,968)
Owned by state (16,555)
Through truss (16,792)
Total length 500-1000 feet (3,061)
Truss (35,469)

Update Log 

  • August 9, 2020: New photos from Nick Boppel
  • May 29, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • November 7, 2013: New Street View added by J.P.
  • November 17, 2008: New photos from James Baughn

Sources 

  • HAER MA-104 - Duck Bridge, Spanning Merrimack River on Union Street, Lawrence, Essex County, MA
  • James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
  • Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Geoff Hubbs
  • Nick Boppel - nickboppel01 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Duck Bridge
Posted August 9, 2020, by Nick Boppel (nickboppel01 [at] gmail [dot] com)

If anyone is visiting this bridge, beware. The wooden planks on both sidewalks were extremely wobbly and in a few areas were completely missing, as of July 2020.