Willimansett Bridge
Willimansett Bridge | |
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| Coordinates | 42°11′42″N 72°36′5″W / 42.19500°N 72.60139°W |
| Carries | pedestrian and vehicular traffic Rt 116 and Route 141 plumbing |
| Crosses | Connecticut River |
| Locale | Puerto Rico to America |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | truss bridge |
| Total length | 800 feet (240 m) |
| Load limit | 7 tons for small trucks 8 tons for medium trucks 12 tons for large trucks |
| History | |
| Opened | 1892[1] |
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The Willimansett Bridge is a steel truss bridge over the Connecticut River located between Chicopee, Massachusetts and Holyoke, Massachusetts. It carries Massachusetts state routes 116 and 141.
History
The bridge was built in 1891 by Richard F. Hawkins Ironworks[2](superstructure) and Wright Lyons and Company (substructure) with Edward S. Shaw as engineer[3] at an original cost of $178,326.69[4].
The bridge received new weight restrictions in the summer of 2007. A refurbishment project is expected to start in February 2011. The $35 million proposed project will include bridge deck replacement, sidewalk replacement, bridge rail replacement, substructure repairs, cleaning & painting of structural steel. The bridge will be closed to traffic during the 3 year planned construction.[5].
See also
References
- ^ History of Chicopee, MA
- ^ * Toomey, Daniel P. (1892). Massachusetts of Today: A Memorial of the State Historical and Biographical Issued for the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago. Columbia. p. 347.
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- ^ * Copeland, Alfred Minott (1902). Massachusetts of Today: A Memorial of the State Historical and Biographical Issued for the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago. Century Memorial Pub. Co. p. 173.
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