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HomeMy WebLinkAboutbridge-grant-streetMcGinley Hart & AssociatesHistoric St��11':t��llu e u �leICIItC� I j1.4 Architects & Planners A.G. Lichtenstein & Associates ,�� i, ; , MBTA Historical Property Survey, Phase H DMC Engineering Jane Carolan MBTA Contract No. X2PS26 LOCATION �N Railroad routs Lexington Milepost # 10.85 Val plan # 13.2/8 Location Grant Street Town/City Lexington USGS quad LEXINGTON UTM Ref. 19.316960.4701660 PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS Structure type Thru plate girder Overall length 45-5 Width 12-9 Tracks 1 Skew Materials Steel HIISTORIICAIL, SUMMARY Date 1905 Date(s) rebuilt Common Name (If any) Bridge typology code 1 ] 2 0 3 0 4 13 Spans 1 Span lengths 40-0 B.D./O.D. OD Condition Out of service Height 14-5 Builder New England Structural Co., Everett, Ma. Designer CULTURAL RESOURCE EVALUATIONS National Register status Local landmark designation HAER Doc. * Type and date of HAER documentation MDPW # L-10-2 MHC finding Date of finding National Register recommendation Not eligible. This bridge is an example of a common type of twentieth century bridge construction and does not possess enough historic or engineering significance to merit further research or documentation. GRAPHICS X1 17 McGinley Hart & Associates' stcIl� st,,.,,�c ,�,�re ill deldt®,,.� �C= Architects & Planners A.G. Lichtenstein & Associates MBTA Historical Propem, Survey, Phase H DMC Engineering Jane Carolan MBTA Contract No. X2PS26 Historic railroad name Lexington and West Cambridge Railroad HISTORY & DESCRIPTION Construction of the Lexington and West Cambridge Railroad, running between the connection with the Fitchburg Railroad at West Cambridge and Lexington Center, was completed on September 1, 1846. The line was operated by the Fitchburg Railroad. An extension of the line from Lexington to Concord was completed in 1873. Passenger service on this line ended in 1977, and the track has been removed in many places. The right-of-way is currently being rebuilt as the Minuteman Bike Trail. Ashlar stone abutments, originally built to accommodate a three track, single span bridge, now carry a single track, thru plate girder span. Bridge has riveted plate girders and floor beams and I-beam stringers, three beneath each rail. Bridge also has lower lateral cross bracing. This is one of the bridges erected in 1905 to eliminate grade crossings on the Lexington line. Sources Boston & Maine Railroad drawings. Transferred to aperture cards, MBTA Plan Room, 10 Park Plaza, Boston. Boston & Maine Railroad, Valuation Survey Reports for Interstate Commerce Commission. Valuation Fieldnotes: Account 6. Boston & Maine Railroad Historical Society Archives, University of Lowell. Sur �ayor Charles Scott Survey date November 1987 Reviewer AGL Review date 1 1/23/67 Survey photographs 34/22A--2881.33-34 GLOSSARY VaI Plan: Railroad property valuation plan. Fes?: Historic American Engineering Record USGS q[ad. U.S. Geological Survey quadrangle map B.D.1O.D.: Ballasted dedc/open deck UTM Ret: USGS map grid reterence in ttw Universal Transverse Mercator grid system. rev. 10/15/87