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Bridge Street Bridge

Worcester County, Massachusetts

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Bridge Street Bridge

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BH Photo #323256

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Overview
Pony truss bridge over ST/Pan Am Freight Main Line on Bridge Street in Templeton
Location
Worcester County, Massachusetts
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1898, replaced 2006
Builder
- Edge Moor Bridge Works of Wilmington, Delaware
Railroad
- Boston & Maine Railroad (BM)
Design
Pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 47.9 ft.
Total length: 49.9 ft.
Deck width: 30.0 ft.
Skew angle
6 degrees
Also called
B&M Fitchburg Main Line Bridge #70.71
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.61028, -72.07500   (decimal degrees)
42°36'37" N, 72°04'30" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/739922/4721686 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Templeton
Inventory numbers
MA T02009 (Massachusetts bridge number)
BH 19479 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,635)
4-panel truss (272)
Boston & Maine Railroad (404)
Built 1898 (306)
Built during 1890s (2,997)
Edge Moor Bridge Works (69)
Lost (25,044)
Lost 2006 (355)
Lost during 2000s (4,201)
Massachusetts (1,122)
 Owned by state (16,064)
Pony truss (16,255)
Replaced by new bridge (16,830)
Skewed (4,917)
Span length 25-50 feet (15,713)
Structurally deficient (14,095)
Total length 25-50 feet (11,216)
Truss (33,002)
Wooden deck (6,082)
Worcester County, Massachusetts (160)

Update Log 

  • April 22, 2015: Updated by Ian Martin: Merged MACRIS Info.

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