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Fordway Bridge, Spanning Concord River at Pollard Street, Billerica, Middlesex County, MA

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Fordway Bridge, Spanning Concord River at Pollard Street, Billerica, Middlesex County, MA

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Significance: The Fordway Bridge is the best known early example, in Massachusetts, of a continuous, multiple-span reinforced concrete T-beam bridge. It is one of the earliest, longest, and most visually impressive of its type in the state. The bridge was designed by one of America's foremost early twentieth century engineering consulting firms, J.R. Worcester & Company. The bridge is located within the Billerica Mills local historic district and is adjacent to the Billerica Mills National Register Historic District.
Survey number: HAER MA-137

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Date

1969 - 1980
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Historic American Engineering Record, creator
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Location

Billerica (Mass.)42.57918, -71.27858
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