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Minuteman Commuter Bikeway - Forest Street Overpass

Middlesex County, Massachusetts

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Forest Street Overpass - South elevation

Photo taken by Ian Martin in April 2015

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BH Photo #322814

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Description 

Coursed granite ashlar stone abutments and steel bent piers carry this three span plate girder bridge. Abutments originally accommodated two tracks, but only a single track survives. Bridge has riveted plate girders and floor beams and I-beam stringers, three beneath each rail. This is one of the bridges erected in 1900 to eliminate grade crossings on the Lexington line. -Charles Scott, MBTA Historical Property Survey Phase II, 11/1987

Facts 

Overview
Steel stringer bridge over Forest Street on Minuteman Commuter Bikeway
Location
Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Built 1900
Builder
- New England Structural Co. of Boston, Massachusetts
Railroad
- Boston & Maine Railroad (BM)
Design
Steel stringer
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 40.8 ft.
Total length: 44.0 ft.
Deck width: 12.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.42583, -71.17574   (decimal degrees)
42°25'33" N, 71°10'33" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
19/321013/4699350 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Lexington
Inventory numbers
MA A10002 (Massachusetts bridge number)
BH 62709 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arlington, Massachusetts (9)
Beam (16,887)
Boston & Maine Railroad (415)
Built 1900 (948)
Built during 1900s (7,647)
Curb Columns (167)
Have street view (28,913)
Massachusetts (1,204)
Middlesex County, Massachusetts (257)
Minuteman Commuter Bikeway (5)
 New England Structural Co. (12)
Open to pedestrians (4,582)
Owned by state (16,561)
Painted green (160)
Rail-to-trail (1,656)
Railroad (16,460)
Span length 25-50 feet (16,223)
Steel stringer (6,712)
Total length 25-50 feet (11,503)

Update Log 

  • April 18, 2015: New photos from Ian Martin
  • August 28, 2014: New Street View added by Ian Martin

Sources 

  • Ian Martin

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