Facts
- Overview
- Bascule bridge over Blynman Canal on MA 127 (Western Avenue) in Gloucester
- Location
- Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1906; rehabilitated 1981
- Design
- Bascule
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 84.0 ft.
Total length: 89.9 ft.
Deck width: 33.1 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.60944, -70.67389 (decimal degrees)
42°36'34" N, 70°40'26" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Inventory number
- BH 19231 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 11/2004)
- Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 49.1 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
- 14,680