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Blackstone River Railroad Bridge, New Haven Railroad over Blackstone River & Branch Street, Pawtucket, Providence County, RI

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Blackstone River Railroad Bridge, New Haven Railroad over Blackstone River & Branch Street, Pawtucket, Providence County, RI

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Summary

Significance: Erected in 1897, the five-span, 376-foot Blackstone River Railroad Bridge carries both main line tracks of the Amtrak Northeast Corridor over the Blackstone River and Branch Street. This riveted steel-plate girder deck bridge is a significant engineering structure as it is a large and relatively early example of this type of bridge and is also the longest railroad bridge of this type in Rhode Island.
Survey number: HAER RI-52
Building/structure dates: 1897 Initial Construction

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1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Edge Moor Bridge Company
Public Archeology Laboratory, Incorporated, contractor
Alfson, Mary, transmitter
Brewster, Robert, photographer
Adams, Virginia H, historian
Kierstead, Matthew A, historian
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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