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Canalside Rail-Trail - Connecticut River Bridge

Franklin County, Massachusetts

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Description 

Originally a 3 span Whipple truss bridge built in 1880 by the famed Keystone Bridge Company. In 1936 2 of the spans were knocked in the river during flooding by the Montague City Covered Bridge as it floated downstream. Those spans were replaced with 2 Warren trusses.

Facts 

Overview
Whipple through truss bridge over Connecticut River on Canalside Rail-Trail in Montague
Location
Greenfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Built 1880, Warrens added 1936
Builders
- Keystone Bridge Co. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1880 span)
- Phoenix Bridge Co. of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania (1936 Spans)
Railroads
- Boston & Maine Railroad (BM)
- New Haven & Northampton Railroad (NH&N)
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH)
Design
Whipple through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 200.0 ft.
Total length: 600.0 ft.
Also called
Turner's Falls Railroad Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.57936, -72.57469   (decimal degrees)
42°34'46" N, 72°34'29" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/699031/4716956 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Greenfield
Inventory number
BH 58854 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,569)
Boston & Maine Railroad (402)
Built 1880 (178)
Built during 1880s (1,994)
Connecticut River (92)
Franklin County, Massachusetts (81)
Greenfield, Massachusetts (15)
Have street view (26,956)
Keystone Bridge Co. (65)
Massachusetts (1,106)
Montague, Massachusetts (7)
New Haven & Northampton Railroad (40)
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (511)
 Open to pedestrians (4,220)
Owned by state (15,997)
Phoenix Bridge Co. (188)
Pin-connected (3,902)
Rail-to-trail (1,544)
Railroad (15,437)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,989)
Through truss (15,080)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,871)
Truss (32,807)
Warren through truss (1,616)
Warren truss (6,568)
Whipple truss (387)

Update Log 

  • March 4, 2020: New Street View added by Geoff Hubbs
  • January 22, 2017: New photos from Chester Gehman
  • December 4, 2013: Photo imported by Luke Harden
  • November 23, 2013: Added by Luke Harden

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Sources 

  • Luke
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Chester Gehman - gehmanc2000 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Geoff Hubbs

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