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NH - Woonsocket Covered Bridge

Providence County, Rhode Island

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NH - Woonsocket Covered Bridge

Note lopsided roof covering walkway on right side, plus skew/angled truss construction

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BH Photo #415772

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Description 

Covered bridge on an industrial spur off the P&W main accessing the Social Village area of Woonsocket. Lost to flooding in 1955 and never rebuilt.

Facts 

Overview
Lost Howe through truss bridge over Blackstone River on New Haven Railroad - Spur to Social Village
Location
Woonsocket, Providence County, Rhode Island
Status
Destroyed by flooding
History
Built 1898; destroyed by flooding 1955
Railroad
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH)
Design
Covered Howe through truss w/ covered pony truss approach
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 127.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.00586, -71.50543   (decimal degrees)
42°00'21" N, 71°30'20" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
19/292518/4653463 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Blackstone
Inventory number
BH 65429 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,640)
Blackstone River (28)
Built 1898 (306)
Built during 1890s (2,997)
Covered (1,672)
Covered Railroad Bridge (66)
Covered pony truss (2)
Destroyed by flood (478)
Howe through truss (454)
Howe truss (566)
Lost (25,074)
Lost 1955 (91)
 Lost during 1950s (700)
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (512)
Pony truss (16,262)
Providence County, Rhode Island (115)
Railroad (15,618)
Rhode Island (195)
Skewed (4,917)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,238)
Through truss (15,217)
Truss (33,022)
Woonsocket, Rhode Island (14)

Update Log 

  • January 5, 2018: Photo imported by Alexander D. Mitchell IV
  • January 11, 2015: Added by Ian Martin

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