Reeds Bridge Road Bridge

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Description 

"This single intersection warren pony truss bridge was originally located in Conway, MA. The bridge was located between Bardwell's Ferry Road and Reed's Bridge Road. The Massachusetts Highway Department has recently replaced this bridge with a new structure."

Note: The posted GPS Coordinates give the location of the UMass Amherst Campus only. One would have to contact the university to get specific directions to the current location of the bridge.

Facts 

Overview

Warren pony truss bridge

Location

Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts

Status

In storage

History

Built 1894 in Conway, MA and recently relocated to UMass Amherst to be resused as a pedestrian bridge in the future

Builder

- R.F. Hawkins Iron Works of Springfield, Massachusetts

Design

Single Intersection Warren Pony Truss

Dimensions

Span length: 40.0 ft.
Total length: 40.0 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+42.39206, -72.52865   (decimal degrees)
42°23'31" N, 72°31'43" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

18/703416/4696266 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Mount Toby

Inventory number

BH 49939 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• June 18, 2014: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "University of Massachusetts-Amherst"
• October 27, 2011: Added by James McCray

Related Bridges 

• Seffens Bridge (Parts reused from)

Sources 

• James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
• University of Massachusetts : The Adaptive Use Bridge Project : Reeds Bridge Road Bridge

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