Boston & Albany Railroad, Kingsbury Street Bridge, Spanning Boston & Albany Railroad on Kingsbury Street, Wellesley, Norfolk County, MA

Significance: The Kingsbury Street Bridge is one of only twelve known surviving double-intersection Warren pony trusses in New England. It was one of many bridges manufactured and erected for the Boston & Albany Railroad by a regionally-significant bridge company, the R.F. Hawkins Iron Works. Hawkins was the preferred supplier of bridges to the railroad, and benefitted greatly from the railroad's decision to eliminate grade crossings on its main line in the late-nineteenth century. The Kingsbury Street Bridge survives in almost original condition, and features unusual crossed sway braces and cruciform connecting plates in the central panels. It is an early example of all-riveted bridge construction.
Survey number: HAER MA-117
Building/structure dates: 1889 Initial Construction