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WACR - Passumpsic River Bridge #5

Caledonia County, Vermont

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Overview
Pratt through truss bridge over Passumpsic River on Washington County Railroad
Location
Passumpsic, Caledonia County, Vermont
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1895; rehabilitated 2012
Builder
- Edge Moor Bridge Works of Wilmington, Delaware
Railroads
- Boston & Maine Railroad (BM)
- Canadian Pacific Railway (CP)
- Washington County Railroad (WACR)
Design
Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 177.0 ft.
Total length: 190.0 ft.
Also called
BM - Bridge No. 39
CP - Bridge No. 47.1
BM - Fletcher Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.36950, -72.03338   (decimal degrees)
44°22'10" N, 72°02'00" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/736367/4917194 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Barnet
Inventory number
BH 64499 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,648)
Boston & Maine Railroad (415)
Built 1895 (289)
Built during 1890s (3,217)
Caledonia County, Vermont (60)
Canadian Pacific Railway (581)
Edge Moor Bridge Works (80)
Open (41,013)
Owned by state (16,591)
Passumpsic River (16)
Passumpsic, Vermont (3)
 Pin-connected (4,869)
Pratt through truss (6,129)
Pratt truss (10,405)
Railroad (16,518)
Skewed (5,020)
Span length 175-250 feet (2,075)
Through truss (17,205)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,523)
Truss (35,955)
Vermont (682)
Washington County Railroad (32)

Update Log 

  • December 11, 2014: Added by Ian Martin

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