Columbia Greenway - Little River Bridge

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Overview

Deck truss bridge over Little River on Columbia Greenway

Location

Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts

Status

Open to pedestrians and bicycles

History

Abandoned 1976; converted to trail use 2014

Builder

- ET&L Construction Co. of Stow, Massachusetts (Trail Conversion)

Railroads

- New Haven & Northampton Railroad (NH&N)
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Rail-to-trail

Design

Deck truss main span; steel stringer approaches at either end.

Also called

Columbia Greenway - Tin Bridge
NH - Little River Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+42.10300, -72.74372   (decimal degrees)
42°06'11" N, 72°44'37" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

18/686562/4663675 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

West Springfield

Inventory number

BH 61849 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• January 3, 2015: New photo from Ian Martin
• November 28, 2014: Updated by Ian Martin: Bridge is now open to trail users
• September 17, 2014: Updated by Luke: Added category "ET&L Construction Co"
• July 23, 2014: Added by Ian Martin

Sources 

• Ian Martin
• ET&L Construction Co. - Imagery

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