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CSX - Westfield Viaduct
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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
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
- Pony plate girder
- Dimensions
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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)
Update Log
- November 15, 2021: Photo imported by Dave King
- May 31, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- February 7, 2015: Added by Ian Martin