Canalside Rail Trail Bridge

Canalside Rail Trail Bridge
Coordinates42°34′45.3″N 72°34′29.53″W / 42.579250°N 72.5748694°W / 42.579250; -72.5748694
CarriesCanalside Rail Trail
CrossesConnecticut River
LocaleDeerfield / Montague, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
ID numberD06033/M28019
Characteristics
DesignThrough truss bridge
1 × Whipple truss
2 × Warren truss
MaterialCast or Wrought Iron, on masonry piers
No. of spans3
Piers in water2
History
Opened1880, 1936, 2006
Location
Map

The Canalside Rail Trail Bridge (also known as the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (Turners Falls Branch) Bridge) is a former New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (Turner Falls Branch) rail bridge across the Connecticut River between Deerfield and Montague, Massachusetts. The bridge (Massachusetts numbers: D06033/M28019) is on the Massachusetts Historic Bridge Inventory as a "Historic Metal Truss Bridge",[A] currently the sixth oldest metal truss bridge on the state-wide historic registry. The Canalside Rail Trail, completed in Spring 2008, incorporates this bridge.[B]


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