Deerfield–Montague railroad bridge

Deerfield–Montague railroad bridge
Pan Am Railways freight train on the bridge in 2010
Coordinates	42°33′44″N 72°33′22″W
Carries	Fitchburg Route
Crosses	Connecticut River
Locale	Deerfield and Montague, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Maintained by	Berkshire and Eastern Railroad
Characteristics
Design	Deck truss bridge
Material	Iron on masonry piers
No. of spans	3
Piers in water	2
Location

A three-span deck-truss railroad bridge crosses the Connecticut River between Deerfield and Montague in Franklin County, Massachusetts.

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. The bridge carries rail traffic in and out of the former Boston & Maine Railroad yard at East Deerfield. The bridge, owned by Pan Am Southern, is at the east end of the yard.

References

• USGS Greenfield, Massachusetts Quadrangle Map, September 1894, reprinted 1918. Historic USGS Maps of New England & New York Archived 2013-03-05 at the Wayback Machine, University of New Hampshire Library Digital Collections Initiative.
• Howes, Marc (2005). "The History of the Hoosac Tunnel". Archived from the original on 2008-07-20. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
• Massachusetts Historical Commission, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth (1982). MHC Reconnaissance Survey Town Report, Montague (PDF). Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. pp. 12–13.

External links

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