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High Street Bridge
Description
This bridge was relocated to Millbury as part of the Blackstone River Bikeway project in 2001.From the MHC listing:
"Although the trusses of this bridge have been repaired and slightly altered (the addition of sub-verticals in the end panels) this bridge is unique among the dozen Massachusetts examples of this type in its use of the lighter weight T-section chord members instead of the heavier box section chords."
-S.J. Roper, MDPW, 9/1986
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Double-intersection Warren pony truss bridge over Boston & Albany Railroad on High Street
- Location
- Ashland, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge; trusses relocated to Millbury
- History
- Built 1890; rehabilitated 1921; replaced 1999; relocated to Blackstone River Bikeway 2001
- Railroad
- - Boston & Albany Railroad (BA)
- Design
- 7-panel riveted double-intersection Warren pony truss with outrigger sway bracing
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 58.1 ft.
Total length: 64.0 ft.
Deck width: 19.0 ft.
- Also called
- B&A Main Line Bridge 25.25
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.26164, -71.48346 (decimal degrees)
42°15'42" N, 71°29'00" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 19/295164/4681812 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Framingham
- Inventory numbers
- MA A-14-12 (Massachusetts bridge number)
BH 68168 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Related Bridges
- Blackstone River Bikeway - Worcester Flood Diversion Channel Bridge (Parts reused in)
Sources
- Ian Martin
- Massachusetts Historical Commission
- Ashland Historical Society - Article on bridge
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