Blackstone River Railroad Bridge, New Haven Railroad over Blackstone River & Branch Street, Pawtucket, Providence County, RI
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
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
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
Location
Pawtucket, 41.89158, -71.38088
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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