Linden Street Bridge
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| Location | Boston & Maine Railroad over Linden St., Waltham, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°22′49″N 71°13′13″W / 42.38028°N 71.22028°W |
| Built | 1894 |
| Architect | Pennsylvania Steel Company |
| MPS | Waltham MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 89001515[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 28, 1989 |
The Linden Street Bridge is a historic bridge on the Mass Central Rail Trail—Wayside and the abandoned Central Massachusetts Railroad over Linden Street (Massachusetts Route 60) in Waltham, Massachusetts. It is a riveted lattice through truss bridge, built in 1894 by the Pennsylvania Steel Company, and is one of only three such bridges left in the state. The bridge is 98 feet 3 inches (29.95 m) long and 17 feet (5.2 m) wide, with an inside truss height of 21 feet 11.5 inches (6.693 m), and rests on granite abutments. The design of the bridge was based on that of the Northampton crossing of the Connecticut River by the same railroad. This section of the Central Massachusetts Branch, and the bridge, have been out of service since the early 1990s when service to the last customer, a lumber dealer located on Emerson Road, ended.[2]
The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1] In 2022, the city was awarded a $500,000 state grant to restore the bridge as part of the Mass Central Rail Trail—Wayside.[3] In September 2024, DCR announced it would restore the bridge starting in Spring 2025.[4]
See also
[edit]- List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Massachusetts
- List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Waltham, Massachusetts
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ Karr, Ronald (2010). Lost Railroads of New England. Branch Line Press. ISBN 9780942147117.
- ^ "2022 MassTrails Awards (81 Projects)". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. June 2022. p. 9.
- ^ Autler, Gerald (September 2024). "Mass Central Rail Trail - Wayside". Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation.
External links
[edit]- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. MA-46, "Central Massachusetts Railroad, Linden Street Bridge, Spanning Linden Street, Waltham, Middlesex County, MA", 2 photos, 2 color transparencies, 2 data pages, 2 photo caption pages
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