Springfield Terminal railroad bridge, Deerfield

Springfield Terminal railroad bridge
Carries	Springfield Terminal Railway
Crosses	Connecticut River
Locale	Deerfield and Montague, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Maintained by	Pan Am Railways
Design	Deck truss bridge
Material	Cast or Wrought Iron, on masonry piers
Number of spans	3
Piers in water	2
Coordinates	42°33′44″N 72°33′22″W

The Springfield Terminal railroad bridge in Deerfield, Massachusetts is a three-span deck-truss bridge which crosses the Connecticut River.

History

The railroad crossing at this location dates to 1850 when a branch of the Fitchburg Railroad opened from Grout's Corner west to Greenfield. This line would later connect to the Hoosac Tunnel, which opened to rail traffic in 1875.

Pan Am Railways train MOAY on the bridge 7/1/10

Currently, the bridge carries rail traffic in and out of the former Boston & Maine Railroad yard at East Deerfield, MA, which is now owned by Pan Am Railways. It is located at the east end of the yard.

See also

• List of crossings of the Connecticut River

Notes

^ B: United States Geological Survey topographic map showing the bridge as the Fitchburg Railroad bridge.

References

General references

• USGS Greenfield, Massachusetts Quadrangle Map, September 1894, reprinted 1918. Historic USGS Maps of New England & New York, University of New Hampshire Library Digital Collections Initiative.
• Howes, Marc (2005). "The History of the Hoosac Tunnel". http://www.hoosactunnel.net/history.php. Retrieved 2008-07-20. 
• Massachusetts Historical Commission, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth (1982). MHC Reconnaissance Survey Town Report, Montague. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. pp. 12–13. http://www.sec.state.ma.us/MHC/mhcpdf/Town%20reports/CT-Valley/mnt.pdf.