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CSX - Westfield Viaduct

Hampden County, Massachusetts

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CSX - Westfield Viaduct

This is the replacement deck girder viaduct (looking north)

Photo taken by Geoff Hubbs in May 2020

License: Released into public domain

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BH Photo #473031

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Description 

Steel & concrete viaduct that carried the former B&A mainline through downtown Westfield. The southern two spans appear to be a steel stringer/deck plate girder construction encased in concrete for the purposes of having a solid floor. The northernmost span was a through plate girder span carrying a loading platform for the adjacent railroad station. After being the site of numerous truck strikes, the bridge was replaced with a taller structure in 2008-10 as part of a major road improvement project in this area.

Facts 

Overview
Lost plate girder bridge over North Elm Street/MA 10/US 202 on CSX Berkshire Subdivision
Location
Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1919; replaced 2008-10 to improve clearances
Builder
- Phoenix Bridge Co. of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
Railroads
- Boston & Albany Railroad (BA)
- CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Conrail (CR)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 40.0 ft.
Total length: 266.3 ft.
Deck width: 45.0 ft.
Also called
CSX - Depot Square Overpass
CSX - North Elm Street Overpass
B&A - Bridge 107.86
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.12989, -72.74555   (decimal degrees)
42°07'48" N, 72°44'44" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/686332/4666657 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Mount Tom
Inventory number
BH 65891 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

"Truck Eating" (51)
Boston & Albany Railroad (102)
Built 1919 (526)
Built during 1910s (9,724)
CSX Railroad (1,681)
Conrail (1,602)
Curb Columns (167)
Deck girder (5,865)
Girder (10,430)
Hampden County, Massachusetts (106)
Lost (25,522)
Lost 2008 (355)
 Lost during 2000s (4,222)
Massachusetts (1,137)
Owned by railroad (12,659)
Penn Central Railroad (1,409)
Phoenix Bridge Co. (192)
Plate girder (8,090)
Railroad (15,777)
Replaced by new bridge (17,215)
Span length 25-50 feet (15,768)
Through girder (3,889)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,288)
Westfield, Massachusetts (25)

Update Log 

  • May 31, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • February 7, 2015: Added by Ian Martin

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