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Paddock Road Bridge
Photos
Black River C3066 side
Photo taken by Jack Schmidt July 11,2011
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BH Photo #272701
Description
This bridge was part of the original Springfield Terminal Railway route between Springfield VT and Charlestown, NH. It was designed to carry the interuban light rail and a single lane of highway traffic. Passenger operation ceased in 1947; electric freight train operation was replaced by diesel in November 1956, and all rail service over this bridge ceased after the acquisition of the line by Guilford Tansportation in 1983.
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Black River on Paddock Road
- Location
- Windsor County, Vermont
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1929 by Boston Bridge Works, rehabilitated 2009
- Builder
- - Boston Bridge Works of Boston, Massachusetts
- Railroads
- - Boston & Maine Railroad (BM)
- Springfield Terminal Railway (ST)
- Design
- Baltimore through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 160.1 ft.
Total length: 167.0 ft.
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.4 ft.
- Recognition
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Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on February 1, 2006
- Also called
- Gould's Mill Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +43.27100, -72.45409 (decimal degrees)
43°16'16" N, 72°27'15" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/706602/4794057 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Springfield
- Average daily traffic (as of 2008)
- 300
- Inventory numbers
- NRHP 05001589 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 34074 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of October 2017)
- Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 78 (out of 100)
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Update Log
- August 8, 2020: New photos from Nick Boppel
- November 6, 2019: Updated by Geoff Hubbs: added NRHP listing and alternate name
- May 29, 2016: New photos from Janis Ford
- August 26, 2015: Updated by Elliott Johnson: vermont department of transportation currently shows this bridge as open
- January 10, 2014: New photos from Jack Schmidt
- August 29, 2011: New Street View added by Nathan Holth
Sources
- Nathan Holth
- Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
- Elliott Johnson - elliottsgon15 [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Janis Ford
- Geoff Hubbs
- Nick Boppel - nickboppel01 [at] gmail [dot] com