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New Bedford-Fairhaven Middle Bridge, Spanning Acushnet River on U.S. Highway 6, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA

New Bedford-Fairhaven Middle Bridge, Spanning Acushnet River on U.S. H...

Significance: The New Bedford-Fairhaven Middle Bridge is a relatively early example of electric power applied to a moveable bridge span, and is one of the longest (288') surviving swing spans in Massachusetts, ... More

Essex-Merrimac Bridge, Spanning Merrimack River between Newburyport & Deer Island, Amesbury, Essex County, MA

Essex-Merrimac Bridge, Spanning Merrimack River between Newburyport & ...

Significance: The Essex-Merrimac Bridge is a 225-foot, single-span suspension bridge, which crosses the Merrimac River at the site of a previous Palladian, arched timber truss (1792-1810) built by Timothy Palme... More

Duck Bridge, Spanning Merrimack River on Union Street, Lawrence, Essex County, MA

Duck Bridge, Spanning Merrimack River on Union Street, Lawrence, Essex...

Significance: The Duck Bridge is the oldest double-intersection Warren through truss in the state under Massachusetts Department of Public Works purview, and is one of the state's oldest all-riveted bridges. I... More

Bardwell's Ferry Bridge, Spanning Deerfield River on Bardwell's Ferry Road, Shelburne, Franklin County, MA

Bardwell's Ferry Bridge, Spanning Deerfield River on Bardwell's Ferry ...

Significance: The Bardwell's Ferry Bridge is an excellent, virtually unaltered, example of William Douglas's 1878 patent for a wrought-rion lenticular truss bridge. It is one of approximately fifty lenticular ... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Lift Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Li...

Significance: The construction of South Station in 1896-98, involved the rerouting of several of the old lines from the west and south. The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad constructed a six-track rollin... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Lift Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Li...

Significance: The construction of South Station in 1896-98, involved the rerouting of several of the old lines from the west and south. The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad constructed a six-track rollin... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Lift Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Li...

Significance: The construction of South Station in 1896-98, involved the rerouting of several of the old lines from the west and south. The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad constructed a six-track rollin... More

Bartlett's Bridge, Spanning French River on Clara Barton Road, Oxford, Worcester County, MA

Bartlett's Bridge, Spanning French River on Clara Barton Road, Oxford,...

Significance: Bartlett's Bridge is a well-preserved, representative example of a common, rural, nineteenth-century masonry bridge type found in New England. The notable details are the stone parapet with proje... More

Shelburne Falls Bridge, Spanning Deerfield River on Bridge Street, Shelburne, Franklin County, MA

Shelburne Falls Bridge, Spanning Deerfield River on Bridge Street, She...

Significance: The Shelburne Falls Bridge is the second oldest of seven double-intersection Warren through trusses identified in the Massachusetts Department of Public Works database. The bridge was designed by... More

Butler Bridge, Spans Housatonic River on Butler Road (North Glendale Road), Stockbridge, Berkshire County, MA

Butler Bridge, Spans Housatonic River on Butler Road (North Glendale R...

Significance: The Butler Bridge is an apparently unique example of a small highway bridge designed by the pre-eminent American bridge engineer George Shattuck Morison, who is remembered primarily for his long-s... More

Tuttle Bridge, Spanning Housatonic River on Golden Hill Road, Lee, Berkshire County, MA

Tuttle Bridge, Spanning Housatonic River on Golden Hill Road, Lee, Ber...

Significance: The Tuttle Bridge is an excellent, virtually unaltered, example of William O. Douglas's 1885 patent, which he claimed improved upon his earlier (1878) patent for a lenticular truss bridge. The Tu... More

General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, American Revolver Crane, 97 East Howard Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, American Revolver Crane, 97 Eas...

Significance: Located on Pier 2, the oldest and primary outfitting pier in the shipyard, Structure 25S, a 37.5-ton American Revolver Crane, is significant for its association with the upgrading of the Quincy-Fo... More

Merrimac Bridge, Spanning Merrimac River on Bridge Street, Haverhill, Essex County, MA

Merrimac Bridge, Spanning Merrimac River on Bridge Street, Haverhill, ...

Significance: The Merrimac Bridge is located on a site which has been utilized as a major river crossing since the seventeenth century. It contains the oldest moveable span identified in the Massachusetts Depa... More

Merrimac Bridge, Spanning Merrimac River on Bridge Street, Haverhill, Essex County, MA

Merrimac Bridge, Spanning Merrimac River on Bridge Street, Haverhill, ...

Significance: The Merrimac Bridge is located on a site which has been utilized as a major river crossing since the seventeenth century. It contains the oldest moveable span identified in the Massachusetts Depa... More

Hampden County Memorial Bridge, Spanning Connecticut River on Memorial Drive, Springfield, Hampden County, MA

Hampden County Memorial Bridge, Spanning Connecticut River on Memorial...

Significance: The Hampden County Memorial Bridge's main span is the longest concrete deck arch span in Massachusetts. The bridge is a finely-engineered example of a rare self-supporting arch rib reinforcement ... More

North Village Bridge, Spanning French River on North Main Street, Webster, Worcester County, MA

North Village Bridge, Spanning French River on North Main Street, Webs...

Significance: The North Village Bridge is one of only five known surviving Parker patent trusses in the United States, and the second oldest of the three located in Massachusetts. The bridge was built by the N... More

North Village Bridge, Spanning French River on North Main Street, Webster, Worcester County, MA

North Village Bridge, Spanning French River on North Main Street, Webs...

Significance: The North Village Bridge is one of only five known surviving Parker patent trusses in the United States, and the second oldest of the three located in Massachusetts. The bridge was built by the N... More

North Village Bridge, Spanning French River on North Main Street, Webster, Worcester County, MA

North Village Bridge, Spanning French River on North Main Street, Webs...

Significance: The North Village Bridge is one of only five known surviving Parker patent trusses in the United States, and the second oldest of the three located in Massachusetts. The bridge was built by the N... More

North Village Bridge, Spanning French River on North Main Street, Webster, Worcester County, MA

North Village Bridge, Spanning French River on North Main Street, Webs...

Significance: The North Village Bridge is one of only five known surviving Parker patent trusses in the United States, and the second oldest of the three located in Massachusetts. The bridge was built by the N... More

Spring Street Bridge, Spanning Charles River between Dedham & Boston, Dedham, Norfolk County, MA

Spring Street Bridge, Spanning Charles River between Dedham & Boston, ...

Significance: The Spring Street Bridge is one of only two known stone arch highway bridges having more than four arches, as identified in the Massachusetts Department of Public Works database. The bridge is si... More

Boston & Maine Railroad, Essex Street Bridge, Spanning Boston & Maine Railroad on Essex Street, Swampscott, Essex County, MA

Boston & Maine Railroad, Essex Street Bridge, Spanning Boston & Maine ...

Significance: The Boston & Maine Railroad built wood and iron truss bridges into the twentieth century, long after most other railroads had switched to all-metal bridges. The Essex Street Bridge is representat... More

Schell Memorial Bridge, Spanning Connecticut River on East Northfield Road, Northfield, Franklin County, MA

Schell Memorial Bridge, Spanning Connecticut River on East Northfield ...

Significance: The Schell Memorial Bridge is the third oldest of five known Pennsylvania truss bridges identified in the Massachusetts Department of Public Works database. It is a unique variation at least in... More

Boston & Albany Railroad, Marion Street Bridge, Spanning Boston & Albany Railroad on Marion Street, Natick, Middlesex County, MA

Boston & Albany Railroad, Marion Street Bridge, Spanning Boston & Alba...

Significance: The Marion 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 ... More

Boston & Albany Railroad, Marion Street Bridge, Spanning Boston & Albany Railroad on Marion Street, Natick, Middlesex County, MA

Boston & Albany Railroad, Marion Street Bridge, Spanning Boston & Alba...

Significance: The Marion 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 ... More

Bardwell's Ferry Bridge, Spanning Deerfield River on Bardwell's Ferry Road, Shelburne, Franklin County, MA

Bardwell's Ferry Bridge, Spanning Deerfield River on Bardwell's Ferry ...

Significance: The Bardwell's Ferry Bridge is an excellent, virtually unaltered, example of William Douglas's 1878 patent for a wrought-rion lenticular truss bridge. It is one of approximately fifty lenticular ... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Lift Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Li...

Significance: The construction of South Station in 1896-98, involved the rerouting of several of the old lines from the west and south. The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad constructed a six-track rollin... More

Bartlett's Bridge, Spanning French River on Clara Barton Road, Oxford, Worcester County, MA

Bartlett's Bridge, Spanning French River on Clara Barton Road, Oxford,...

Significance: Bartlett's Bridge is a well-preserved, representative example of a common, rural, nineteenth-century masonry bridge type found in New England. The notable details are the stone parapet with proje... More

Bartlett's Bridge, Spanning French River on Clara Barton Road, Oxford, Worcester County, MA

Bartlett's Bridge, Spanning French River on Clara Barton Road, Oxford,...

Significance: Bartlett's Bridge is a well-preserved, representative example of a common, rural, nineteenth-century masonry bridge type found in New England. The notable details are the stone parapet with proje... More

Atherton Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Bolton Road, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

Atherton Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Bolton Road, Lancaster, Worc...

Significance: The Atherton Bridge is an example of a hybrid pony-truss that bears a similarity to the Post truss. The bridge is 72 feet long, 18 1/2 feet wide, and is comprised of eight panels. It rests on gr... More

Atherton Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Bolton Road, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

Atherton Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Bolton Road, Lancaster, Worc...

Significance: The Atherton Bridge is an example of a hybrid pony-truss that bears a similarity to the Post truss. The bridge is 72 feet long, 18 1/2 feet wide, and is comprised of eight panels. It rests on gr... More

Shelburne Falls Bridge, Spanning Deerfield River on Bridge Street, Shelburne, Franklin County, MA

Shelburne Falls Bridge, Spanning Deerfield River on Bridge Street, She...

Significance: The Shelburne Falls Bridge is the second oldest of seven double-intersection Warren through trusses identified in the Massachusetts Department of Public Works database. The bridge was designed by... More

Shelburne Falls Bridge, Spanning Deerfield River on Bridge Street, Shelburne, Franklin County, MA

Shelburne Falls Bridge, Spanning Deerfield River on Bridge Street, She...

Significance: The Shelburne Falls Bridge is the second oldest of seven double-intersection Warren through trusses identified in the Massachusetts Department of Public Works database. The bridge was designed by... More

Butler Bridge, Spans Housatonic River on Butler Road (North Glendale Road), Stockbridge, Berkshire County, MA

Butler Bridge, Spans Housatonic River on Butler Road (North Glendale R...

Significance: The Butler Bridge is an apparently unique example of a small highway bridge designed by the pre-eminent American bridge engineer George Shattuck Morison, who is remembered primarily for his long-s... More

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster,...

Significance: The single span Ponakin Road Bridge is 100 feet long and 20 feet wide, with vertical end posts. The bridge has diagonal compression members and diagonal eye-bar tension members that extend two pa... More

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster,...

Significance: The single span Ponakin Road Bridge is 100 feet long and 20 feet wide, with vertical end posts. The bridge has diagonal compression members and diagonal eye-bar tension members that extend two pa... More

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster,...

Significance: The single span Ponakin Road Bridge is 100 feet long and 20 feet wide, with vertical end posts. The bridge has diagonal compression members and diagonal eye-bar tension members that extend two pa... More

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster,...

Significance: The single span Ponakin Road Bridge is 100 feet long and 20 feet wide, with vertical end posts. The bridge has diagonal compression members and diagonal eye-bar tension members that extend two pa... More

Merrimac Bridge, Spanning Merrimac River on Bridge Street, Haverhill, Essex County, MA

Merrimac Bridge, Spanning Merrimac River on Bridge Street, Haverhill, ...

Significance: The Merrimac Bridge is located on a site which has been utilized as a major river crossing since the seventeenth century. It contains the oldest moveable span identified in the Massachusetts Depa... More

Hampden County Memorial Bridge, Spanning Connecticut River on Memorial Drive, Springfield, Hampden County, MA

Hampden County Memorial Bridge, Spanning Connecticut River on Memorial...

Significance: The Hampden County Memorial Bridge's main span is the longest concrete deck arch span in Massachusetts. The bridge is a finely-engineered example of a rare self-supporting arch rib reinforcement ... More

Spring Street Bridge, Spanning Charles River between Dedham & Boston, Dedham, Norfolk County, MA

Spring Street Bridge, Spanning Charles River between Dedham & Boston, ...

Significance: The Spring Street Bridge is one of only two known stone arch highway bridges having more than four arches, as identified in the Massachusetts Department of Public Works database. The bridge is si... More

Spring Street Bridge, Spanning Charles River between Dedham & Boston, Dedham, Norfolk County, MA

Spring Street Bridge, Spanning Charles River between Dedham & Boston, ...

Significance: The Spring Street Bridge is one of only two known stone arch highway bridges having more than four arches, as identified in the Massachusetts Department of Public Works database. The bridge is si... More

North Chester Village Bridge, Spanning Westfield River on Smith Road, Chester, Hampden County, MA

North Chester Village Bridge, Spanning Westfield River on Smith Road, ...

Significance: The North Chester Village Bridge is a relatively unusual example of a Pratt pony truss, with a combination of pinned and riveted connections. The R.F. Hawkins Iron Works, a regionally-significant... More

General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, Wellman-Seaver Crane, 97 Howard Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, Wellman-Seaver Crane, 97 Howard...

Significance: Erected in 1901, Structure No. 30S, the Wellman-Seaver Folding Gantry Crane, or Crane S-1, is significant as the oldest and longest-operating crane in the Quincy-Fore River Shipyard. Located on P... More

Bardwell's Ferry Bridge, Spanning Deerfield River on Bardwell's Ferry Road, Shelburne, Franklin County, MA

Bardwell's Ferry Bridge, Spanning Deerfield River on Bardwell's Ferry ...

Significance: The Bardwell's Ferry Bridge is an excellent, virtually unaltered, example of William Douglas's 1878 patent for a wrought-rion lenticular truss bridge. It is one of approximately fifty lenticular ... More

Bardwell's Ferry Bridge, Spanning Deerfield River on Bardwell's Ferry Road, Shelburne, Franklin County, MA

Bardwell's Ferry Bridge, Spanning Deerfield River on Bardwell's Ferry ...

Significance: The Bardwell's Ferry Bridge is an excellent, virtually unaltered, example of William Douglas's 1878 patent for a wrought-rion lenticular truss bridge. It is one of approximately fifty lenticular ... More

Bardwell's Ferry Bridge, Spanning Deerfield River on Bardwell's Ferry Road, Shelburne, Franklin County, MA

Bardwell's Ferry Bridge, Spanning Deerfield River on Bardwell's Ferry ...

Significance: The Bardwell's Ferry Bridge is an excellent, virtually unaltered, example of William Douglas's 1878 patent for a wrought-rion lenticular truss bridge. It is one of approximately fifty lenticular ... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Lift Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Li...

Significance: The construction of South Station in 1896-98, involved the rerouting of several of the old lines from the west and south. The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad constructed a six-track rollin... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Lift Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Li...

Significance: The construction of South Station in 1896-98, involved the rerouting of several of the old lines from the west and south. The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad constructed a six-track rollin... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Lift Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Li...

Significance: The construction of South Station in 1896-98, involved the rerouting of several of the old lines from the west and south. The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad constructed a six-track rollin... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Lift Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Li...

Significance: The construction of South Station in 1896-98, involved the rerouting of several of the old lines from the west and south. The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad constructed a six-track rollin... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Lift Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Li...

Significance: The construction of South Station in 1896-98, involved the rerouting of several of the old lines from the west and south. The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad constructed a six-track rollin... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Lift Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Li...

Significance: The construction of South Station in 1896-98, involved the rerouting of several of the old lines from the west and south. The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad constructed a six-track rollin... More

Atherton Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Bolton Road, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

Atherton Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Bolton Road, Lancaster, Worc...

Significance: The Atherton Bridge is an example of a hybrid pony-truss that bears a similarity to the Post truss. The bridge is 72 feet long, 18 1/2 feet wide, and is comprised of eight panels. It rests on gr... More

Atherton Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Bolton Road, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

Atherton Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Bolton Road, Lancaster, Worc...

Significance: The Atherton Bridge is an example of a hybrid pony-truss that bears a similarity to the Post truss. The bridge is 72 feet long, 18 1/2 feet wide, and is comprised of eight panels. It rests on gr... More

Atherton Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Bolton Road, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

Atherton Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Bolton Road, Lancaster, Worc...

Significance: The Atherton Bridge is an example of a hybrid pony-truss that bears a similarity to the Post truss. The bridge is 72 feet long, 18 1/2 feet wide, and is comprised of eight panels. It rests on gr... More

Atherton Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Bolton Road, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

Atherton Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Bolton Road, Lancaster, Worc...

Significance: The Atherton Bridge is an example of a hybrid pony-truss that bears a similarity to the Post truss. The bridge is 72 feet long, 18 1/2 feet wide, and is comprised of eight panels. It rests on gr... More

Butler Bridge, Spans Housatonic River on Butler Road (North Glendale Road), Stockbridge, Berkshire County, MA

Butler Bridge, Spans Housatonic River on Butler Road (North Glendale R...

Significance: The Butler Bridge is an apparently unique example of a small highway bridge designed by the pre-eminent American bridge engineer George Shattuck Morison, who is remembered primarily for his long-s... More

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster,...

Significance: The single span Ponakin Road Bridge is 100 feet long and 20 feet wide, with vertical end posts. The bridge has diagonal compression members and diagonal eye-bar tension members that extend two pa... More

Aiken Street Bridge, Spanning Merrimack River on Aiken Street, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA

Aiken Street Bridge, Spanning Merrimack River on Aiken Street, Lowell,...

Significance: The Aiken Street Bridge is the longest lenticular bridge surviving in the United States, and is the only remaining example having more than three spans. It is the second oldest of the eight lenti... More

Aiken Street Bridge, Spanning Merrimack River on Aiken Street, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA

Aiken Street Bridge, Spanning Merrimack River on Aiken Street, Lowell,...

Significance: The Aiken Street Bridge is the longest lenticular bridge surviving in the United States, and is the only remaining example having more than three spans. It is the second oldest of the eight lenti... More

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

Boston & Albany Railroad, Kingsbury Street Bridge, Spanning Boston & A...

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 & Alba... More

Lower Rollstone Street Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Rollstone Street, Fitchburg, Worcester County, MA

Lower Rollstone Street Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Rollstone Stre...

Significance: The (Lower) Rollstone Street Bridge is one of only five known surviving Parker patent trusses in the United States, and the oldest of the three located in Massachusetts. It is also one of the two... More

French King Bridge, Spanning Connecticut River on State Highway 2, Erving, Franklin County, MA

French King Bridge, Spanning Connecticut River on State Highway 2, Erv...

Significance: The French King Bridge is one of four known steel deck arch bridges in Massachusetts identified in the Massachusetts Department of Public Works (MDPW) database, and has the sixth longest span of a... More

Boston & Maine Railroad, Clark Street Bridge, Spanning Boston & Maine Railroad on Clark Street, Belmont, Middlesex County, MA

Boston & Maine Railroad, Clark Street Bridge, Spanning Boston & Maine ...

Significance: The Boston & Maine Railroad built wood and iron truss bridges into the twentieth century, long after most other railroads had switched to all-metal bridges. The Clark Street Bridge is representat... More

General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, American Revolver Crane, 97 East Howard Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, American Revolver Crane, 97 Eas...

Significance: Located on Pier 2, the oldest and primary outfitting pier in the shipyard, Structure 25S, a 37.5-ton American Revolver Crane, is significant for its association with the upgrading of the Quincy-Fo... More

North Village Bridge, Spanning French River on North Main Street, Webster, Worcester County, MA

North Village Bridge, Spanning French River on North Main Street, Webs...

Significance: The North Village Bridge is one of only five known surviving Parker patent trusses in the United States, and the second oldest of the three located in Massachusetts. The bridge was built by the N... More

Taunton State Hospital, Danforth Street, Taunton, Bristol County, MA

Taunton State Hospital, Danforth Street, Taunton, Bristol County, MA

Significance: As the second insane asylum in Massachusetts, the Taunton State Hospital represents a superb example of the mid-19th century Classical Revival design and a turning point in the care of the mentall... More

Boston & Maine Railroad, Essex Street Bridge, Spanning Boston & Maine Railroad on Essex Street, Swampscott, Essex County, MA

Boston & Maine Railroad, Essex Street Bridge, Spanning Boston & Maine ...

Significance: The Boston & Maine Railroad built wood and iron truss bridges into the twentieth century, long after most other railroads had switched to all-metal bridges. The Essex Street Bridge is representat... More

Essex-Merrimac Bridge, Spanning Merrimack River between Newburyport & Deer Island, Amesbury, Essex County, MA

Essex-Merrimac Bridge, Spanning Merrimack River between Newburyport & ...

Significance: The Essex-Merrimac Bridge is a 225-foot, single-span suspension bridge, which crosses the Merrimac River at the site of a previous Palladian, arched timber truss (1792-1810) built by Timothy Palme... More

Essex-Merrimac Bridge, Spanning Merrimack River between Newburyport & Deer Island, Amesbury, Essex County, MA

Essex-Merrimac Bridge, Spanning Merrimack River between Newburyport & ...

Significance: The Essex-Merrimac Bridge is a 225-foot, single-span suspension bridge, which crosses the Merrimac River at the site of a previous Palladian, arched timber truss (1792-1810) built by Timothy Palme... More

Duck Bridge, Spanning Merrimack River on Union Street, Lawrence, Essex County, MA

Duck Bridge, Spanning Merrimack River on Union Street, Lawrence, Essex...

Significance: The Duck Bridge is the oldest double-intersection Warren through truss in the state under Massachusetts Department of Public Works purview, and is one of the state's oldest all-riveted bridges. I... More

General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, Wellman-Seaver Crane, 97 Howard Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, Wellman-Seaver Crane, 97 Howard...

Significance: Erected in 1901, Structure No. 30S, the Wellman-Seaver Folding Gantry Crane, or Crane S-1, is significant as the oldest and longest-operating crane in the Quincy-Fore River Shipyard. Located on P... More

Boston & Albany Railroad, Weston Road Bridge, Spanning Boston & Albany Railroad on Weston Road, Wellesley, Norfolk County, MA

Boston & Albany Railroad, Weston Road Bridge, Spanning Boston & Albany...

Significance: The Weston Road Bridge is the oldest of twelve known surviving double-intersection Warren pony truss bridges in New England. It was one of many bridges manufactured and erected for the Boston & A... More

Bardwell's Ferry Bridge, Spanning Deerfield River on Bardwell's Ferry Road, Shelburne, Franklin County, MA

Bardwell's Ferry Bridge, Spanning Deerfield River on Bardwell's Ferry ...

Significance: The Bardwell's Ferry Bridge is an excellent, virtually unaltered, example of William Douglas's 1878 patent for a wrought-rion lenticular truss bridge. It is one of approximately fifty lenticular ... More

Bardwell's Ferry Bridge, Spanning Deerfield River on Bardwell's Ferry Road, Shelburne, Franklin County, MA

Bardwell's Ferry Bridge, Spanning Deerfield River on Bardwell's Ferry ...

Significance: The Bardwell's Ferry Bridge is an excellent, virtually unaltered, example of William Douglas's 1878 patent for a wrought-rion lenticular truss bridge. It is one of approximately fifty lenticular ... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Lift Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Li...

Significance: The construction of South Station in 1896-98, involved the rerouting of several of the old lines from the west and south. The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad constructed a six-track rollin... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Lift Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Li...

Significance: The construction of South Station in 1896-98, involved the rerouting of several of the old lines from the west and south. The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad constructed a six-track rollin... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Lift Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Li...

Significance: The construction of South Station in 1896-98, involved the rerouting of several of the old lines from the west and south. The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad constructed a six-track rollin... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Lift Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Li...

Significance: The construction of South Station in 1896-98, involved the rerouting of several of the old lines from the west and south. The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad constructed a six-track rollin... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Lift Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Li...

Significance: The construction of South Station in 1896-98, involved the rerouting of several of the old lines from the west and south. The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad constructed a six-track rollin... More

Atherton Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Bolton Road, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

Atherton Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Bolton Road, Lancaster, Worc...

Significance: The Atherton Bridge is an example of a hybrid pony-truss that bears a similarity to the Post truss. The bridge is 72 feet long, 18 1/2 feet wide, and is comprised of eight panels. It rests on gr... More

Butler Bridge, Spans Housatonic River on Butler Road (North Glendale Road), Stockbridge, Berkshire County, MA

Butler Bridge, Spans Housatonic River on Butler Road (North Glendale R...

Significance: The Butler Bridge is an apparently unique example of a small highway bridge designed by the pre-eminent American bridge engineer George Shattuck Morison, who is remembered primarily for his long-s... More

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster,...

Significance: The single span Ponakin Road Bridge is 100 feet long and 20 feet wide, with vertical end posts. The bridge has diagonal compression members and diagonal eye-bar tension members that extend two pa... More

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster,...

Significance: The single span Ponakin Road Bridge is 100 feet long and 20 feet wide, with vertical end posts. The bridge has diagonal compression members and diagonal eye-bar tension members that extend two pa... More

Aiken Street Bridge, Spanning Merrimack River on Aiken Street, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA

Aiken Street Bridge, Spanning Merrimack River on Aiken Street, Lowell,...

Significance: The Aiken Street Bridge is the longest lenticular bridge surviving in the United States, and is the only remaining example having more than three spans. It is the second oldest of the eight lenti... More

Tuttle Bridge, Spanning Housatonic River on Golden Hill Road, Lee, Berkshire County, MA

Tuttle Bridge, Spanning Housatonic River on Golden Hill Road, Lee, Ber...

Significance: The Tuttle Bridge is an excellent, virtually unaltered, example of William O. Douglas's 1885 patent, which he claimed improved upon his earlier (1878) patent for a lenticular truss bridge. The Tu... More

North Village Bridge, Spanning French River on North Main Street, Webster, Worcester County, MA

North Village Bridge, Spanning French River on North Main Street, Webs...

Significance: The North Village Bridge is one of only five known surviving Parker patent trusses in the United States, and the second oldest of the three located in Massachusetts. The bridge was built by the N... More

North Village Bridge, Spanning French River on North Main Street, Webster, Worcester County, MA

North Village Bridge, Spanning French River on North Main Street, Webs...

Significance: The North Village Bridge is one of only five known surviving Parker patent trusses in the United States, and the second oldest of the three located in Massachusetts. The bridge was built by the N... More

Coleman Bridge, Spanning Phelps Brook, on Windsor Bush Road, at eastern edge of  Windsor State Forest, Windsor, Berkshire County, MA

Coleman Bridge, Spanning Phelps Brook, on Windsor Bush Road, at easter...

Significance: In 1893 Charles H. Ball, a mechanic and inventor from East Windsor, Massachusetts, patented a design for a small truss bridge constructed of iron pipes, which he described as "a strong, cheap brid... More

Taunton State Hospital, Danforth Street, Taunton, Bristol County, MA

Taunton State Hospital, Danforth Street, Taunton, Bristol County, MA

Significance: As the second insane asylum in Massachusetts, the Taunton State Hospital represents a superb example of the mid-19th century Classical Revival design and a turning point in the care of the mentall... More

North Chester Village Bridge, Spanning Westfield River on Smith Road, Chester, Hampden County, MA

North Chester Village Bridge, Spanning Westfield River on Smith Road, ...

Significance: The North Chester Village Bridge is a relatively unusual example of a Pratt pony truss, with a combination of pinned and riveted connections. The R.F. Hawkins Iron Works, a regionally-significant... More

New Bedford-Fairhaven Middle Bridge, Spanning Acushnet River on U.S. Highway 6, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA

New Bedford-Fairhaven Middle Bridge, Spanning Acushnet River on U.S. H...

Significance: The New Bedford-Fairhaven Middle Bridge is a relatively early example of electric power applied to a moveable bridge span, and is one of the longest (288') surviving swing spans in Massachusetts, ... More

Schell Memorial Bridge, Spanning Connecticut River on East Northfield Road, Northfield, Franklin County, MA

Schell Memorial Bridge, Spanning Connecticut River on East Northfield ...

Significance: The Schell Memorial Bridge is the third oldest of five known Pennsylvania truss bridges identified in the Massachusetts Department of Public Works database. It is a unique variation at least in... More

Essex-Merrimac Bridge, Spanning Merrimack River between Newburyport & Deer Island, Amesbury, Essex County, MA

Essex-Merrimac Bridge, Spanning Merrimack River between Newburyport & ...

Significance: The Essex-Merrimac Bridge is a 225-foot, single-span suspension bridge, which crosses the Merrimac River at the site of a previous Palladian, arched timber truss (1792-1810) built by Timothy Palme... More

Duck Bridge, Spanning Merrimack River on Union Street, Lawrence, Essex County, MA

Duck Bridge, Spanning Merrimack River on Union Street, Lawrence, Essex...

Significance: The Duck Bridge is the oldest double-intersection Warren through truss in the state under Massachusetts Department of Public Works purview, and is one of the state's oldest all-riveted bridges. I... More

Duck Bridge, Spanning Merrimack River on Union Street, Lawrence, Essex County, MA

Duck Bridge, Spanning Merrimack River on Union Street, Lawrence, Essex...

Significance: The Duck Bridge is the oldest double-intersection Warren through truss in the state under Massachusetts Department of Public Works purview, and is one of the state's oldest all-riveted bridges. I... More

Duck Bridge, Spanning Merrimack River on Union Street, Lawrence, Essex County, MA

Duck Bridge, Spanning Merrimack River on Union Street, Lawrence, Essex...

Significance: The Duck Bridge is the oldest double-intersection Warren through truss in the state under Massachusetts Department of Public Works purview, and is one of the state's oldest all-riveted bridges. I... More

General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, Wellman-Seaver Crane, 97 Howard Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, Wellman-Seaver Crane, 97 Howard...

Significance: Erected in 1901, Structure No. 30S, the Wellman-Seaver Folding Gantry Crane, or Crane S-1, is significant as the oldest and longest-operating crane in the Quincy-Fore River Shipyard. Located on P... More

Boston & Albany Railroad, Marion Street Bridge, Spanning Boston & Albany Railroad on Marion Street, Natick, Middlesex County, MA

Boston & Albany Railroad, Marion Street Bridge, Spanning Boston & Alba...

Significance: The Marion 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 ... More

Bardwell's Ferry Bridge, Spanning Deerfield River on Bardwell's Ferry Road, Shelburne, Franklin County, MA

Bardwell's Ferry Bridge, Spanning Deerfield River on Bardwell's Ferry ...

Significance: The Bardwell's Ferry Bridge is an excellent, virtually unaltered, example of William Douglas's 1878 patent for a wrought-rion lenticular truss bridge. It is one of approximately fifty lenticular ... More

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