Canalside Rail Trail Bridge
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]
Canalside Rail Trail Bridge | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 42°34′45.3″N 72°34′29.53″W |
| Carries | Canalside Rail Trail |
| Crosses | Connecticut River |
| Locale | Deerfield / Montague, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA |
| ID number | D06033/M28019 |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Through truss bridge 1 × Whipple truss 2 × Warren truss |
| Material | Cast or Wrought Iron, on masonry piers |
| No. of spans | 3 |
| Piers in water | 2 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1880, 1936, 2006 |
| Location | |
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