Central Street Pedestrian Viaduct, Central Street over New Haven Railroad, Central Falls, Providence County, RI
Summary
Significance: The Central Street Pedestrian Viaduct is significant for its associations with historic improvements made by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad to their right-of-way in Central Falls and Providence, Rhode Island. The Central Street Pedestrian Viaduct is an unusual surviving example of a railroad footbridge.
Survey number: HAER RI-51
Building/structure dates: 1915 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Boston Bridge Works
Public Archeology Laboratory, Incorporated, contractor
Safdie, Joshua, field team
Alfson, Mary, transmitter
Brester, Robert, photographer
Adams, Virginia H, historian
Kierstead, Matthew A, historian
Location
Central Falls, 41.89066, -71.39228
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html