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CMQ - West Street Overpass

Piscataquis County, Maine

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Overview
Pony/through plate girder bridge over West Street (Rt 15 & 6) on Central Maine and Quebec Railway
Location
Greenville, Piscataquis County, Maine
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1931
Railroads
- Canadian Pacific Railway (CP)
- Central Maine & Québec Railway (CMQ)
- International Railway of Maine
- Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway (MMA)
Design
Pony plate girder
Stone abutment
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 54.1 ft.
Total length: 59.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+45.46111, -69.62028   (decimal degrees)
45°27'40" N, 69°37'13" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
19/451506/5034363 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Greenville
Inventory numbers
ME 0968 (Maine bridge number)
BH 57585 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1931 (976)
Built during 1930s (12,169)
Canadian Pacific Railway (581)
Central Maine & Québec Railway (30)
Girder (11,173)
Greenville, Maine (2)
Have street view (28,916)
International Railway of Maine (12)
Maine (841)
 Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway (32)
Open (40,969)
Owned by railroad (13,504)
Piscataquis County, Maine (52)
Plate girder (8,728)
Railroad (16,462)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,422)
Through girder (4,192)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,576)

Update Log 

  • August 13, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway Ltd.", "Railroad"
  • August 13, 2013: Added by Dave King

Sources 

  • Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
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MMA West Street Overpass
Posted January 20, 2014, by Anonymous

very strange trough truss up on the south fork kennebec,right before it hits moosehead lake.

MMA West Street Overpass
Posted January 20, 2014, by Anonymous

very strange trough truss up on the south fork kennebec,right before it hits moosehead lake.