Spring Street Bridge

Photos

General View From East River Bank, Looking North, Showing Four Western Arches

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

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BH Photo #289309

Map

Maps and Databases

Description

The Spring Street Bridge is one of only two known stone arch highway bridges having more than four arches, as identified in the Massachusetts Department of Public Works database. The bridge is situated on the boundary between West Roxbury in Boston and the town of Dedham, a heavily-traveled trade route sine the early-eighteenth century.

-- Historic American Engineering Record

Facts

Overview: Concrete arch bridge over Charles River on MA 109 (Spring Street) in Boston
Location: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, and Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1861; rehabilitated 2002
Design: Arch
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 19.0 ft.
Total length: 125.0 ft.
Deck width: 40.0 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +42.27056, -71.17361 (decimal degrees)
42°16'14" N, 71°10'25" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 19/320747/4682104 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Newton
Average daily traffic (as of 2018): 41,000
Inventory numbers: MA B16177 (Massachusetts bridge number)
BH 19448 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of November 2018): Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 75.8 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Update Log

July 25, 2014: HAER photos posted by Ian Martin

Sources

HAER MA-95 - Spring Street Bridge, Spanning Charles River between Dedham & Boston, Dedham, Norfolk County, MA