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Northampton Bikeway - Arch Street Overpass

Hampshire County, Massachusetts

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Northampton Bikeway - Arch Street Overpass

Photo taken by Jack Schmidt July 2014

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BH Photo #312620

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Description 

Bridge was probably built 1867-1868 when the New Haven & Northampton constructed their Williamsburg Branch through Leeds.

Facts 

Overview
Stone arch bridge over Arch Street on Northampton Bikeway in Leeds.
Location
Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Status
Open to traffic
Railroads
- New Haven & Northampton Railroad (NH&N)
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH)
Design
Stone arch
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.34967, -72.69346   (decimal degrees)
42°20'59" N, 72°41'36" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/689977/4691177 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Easthampton
Inventory number
BH 65325 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,801)
Arch (12,373)
Built 1868 (106)
Built during 1860s (545)
Deck arch (11,609)
Hampshire County, Massachusetts (66)
Have street view (27,585)
Leeds, Massachusetts (6)
Massachusetts (1,152)
 New Haven & Northampton Railroad (40)
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (521)
Northampton, Massachusetts (11)
Open (40,222)
Owned by township (2,929)
Rail-to-trail (1,626)
Railroad (16,030)
Stone arch (3,150)

Update Log 

  • May 4, 2021: New photo from Chester Gehman
  • March 4, 2021: New photo from Patrick Gurwell
  • January 6, 2015: New Street View added by Luke
  • January 6, 2015: Added by Jack Schmidt

Sources 

  • Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
  • Luke
  • Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Chester Gehman - gehmanc2000 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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