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Detail Of West End Of Truss, Showing Truss Configuration, Looking Northeast

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General View From West River Bank, Looking Southeast

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Elevation Of West Portal, With Steel Girder Approach Span In Foreground, Looking East

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Elevation Of West Portal, With Steel Girder Approach Span In Foreground, Looking East

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Elevation Of West Portal, Looking East

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General View From Center Of Bridge, Looking East

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General View Of East End Of Bridge From Below, Looking Southeast

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Masonry Pier Between Main Span And Approach Span On West End, Looking Southwest

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Approach Span, Pier And West Abutment From Below, Looking Southwest

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Detail Of Masonry Pier From Below Approach Span, Looking West

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Detail Of Underside Of Main Span, Looking East

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Detail Of Southeast Endpost, Showing Attachment To Masonry Pier

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Detail Of Floor Beam Suspension System, Looking East

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Detail Of Typical Lower Chord Connection To Vertical Member, From East End Of Span, Looking East

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Detail Of Southeast Endpost, Showing Upper Endpost Connections

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Detail Of Southeast Endpost, Showing Upper And Lower Chord Connections At Endpost

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Facts

Overview: Through truss bridge over Deerfield River on Bardwell's Ferry Road in Conway
Location: Franklin County, Massachusetts
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1882 by the Berlin Iron Bridge Co.; rehabilitated 1995
Builder: - Berlin Iron Bridge Co. of East Berlin, Connecticut
Design: Lenticular through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 192.9 ft.
Total length: 230.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.2 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +42.55561, -72.67764 (decimal degrees)
42°33'20" N, 72°40'40" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/690654/4714081 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Shelburne Falls
Inventory numbers: NRHP 00000076 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 19280 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 07/2007): Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 36.3 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007): 400

Update Log

November 22, 2008: New photos from James Baughn

Sources

HAER MA-98 - Bardwell's Ferry Bridge, Spanning Deerfield River on Bardwell's Ferry Road, Shelburne, Franklin County, MA
James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com

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