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PW - St. Paul Street Bridge

Worcester County, Massachusetts

Photo 

P&W and SNETT bridges over St Paul Street, February 2016

Photo by Pi.1415926535

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

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BH Photo #352619

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Street View 

Description 

"The 39-foot plate girder span is the only half-thru plate girder span among the ten plate girder railroad bridges in Blackstone, and the only one to utilize girder-and-floorbeam construction. The three plate girders are each 4'-6" deep, connected by floorbeams which support the track structure . Although the bridge is still in use, the westernmost track has been out of service for a number of years. The bridge is adjacent to the Blackstone station site." -Peter H. Stott, National Register Criteria Statement, 2/1988

Facts 

Overview
Pony/through plate girder bridge over St. Paul Street on Providence & Worcester Railroad
Location
Blackstone, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1913
Builder
- Boston Bridge Works of Boston, Massachusetts
Railroads
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH)
- Providence & Worcester Railroad (PW)
Design
Pony plate girder
Dimensions
Span length: 39.5 ft.
Total length: 39.5 ft.
Deck width: 28.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.01535, -71.53705   (decimal degrees)
42°00'55" N, 71°32'13" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
19/289930/4654594 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Blackstone
Inventory number
BH 72020 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Blackstone, Massachusetts (11)
Boston Bridge Works (104)
Built 1913 (902)
Built during 1910s (9,968)
Girder (11,163)
Have street view (28,880)
Massachusetts (1,203)
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (528)
Open (40,959)
 Owned by railroad (13,486)
Plate girder (8,719)
Providence & Worcester Railroad (61)
Railroad (16,447)
Skewed (5,012)
Span length 25-50 feet (16,216)
Through girder (4,185)
Total length 25-50 feet (11,497)
Worcester County, Massachusetts (169)

Update Log 

  • April 28, 2016: New Street View added by Ian Martin

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