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General View, West Side Of Bridge From Northwest Shore Of Canal, View To North

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Long General View, West Side Of Bridge From Northwest Shore Of Canal, View To North

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View Of Southeast Tower And Portal, Center Span In Motion, Being Lowered

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Detail, View Of Southeast Tower And Portal, Center Span In Motion, Being Lowered

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Southeast Tower And Portal, With Train Passing

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Detail, Southeast Tower And Portal

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Southeast Portal And Tower From Railbed, To Northwest

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Detail, Southeast Portal, View To North

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Southeast Portal, Ornamental Detail

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Detail, Southeast Span Through Canal, View Blocked By Steel, Clad Counter Weight, Water Span Raised Out Of View

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Detail, Southeast End, South Abutment (With $1 For Scale)

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Facts

Overview: Through truss vertical lift bridge over Cape Cod Canal on the Bay Colony Railroad at Buzzards Bay
Location: Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Status: Open to traffic
Design: Polygonal Warren through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude: +41.74234, -70.61384 (decimal degrees)
41°44'32" N, 70°36'50" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory number: BH 38108 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

November 17, 2008: New photos from James Baughn
November 15, 2008: Added by James Baughn

Sources

HAER MA-66 - Cape Cod Canal Lift Bridge, Spanning Cape Cod Canal, Buzzards Bay, Barnstable County, MA
James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com

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