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Railroad route Lexington Milepost # 13.26 Val plan # 13.2/11
Location Tophet Swamp Town/City Lexington
USGS quad CONCORD UTM Ret. 19.314540.4704240
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Structure type Timber stringer Bridge typology code 1E] 2 [D 3E] 4 11
Overall length 16-6 Width 12-0 Spans 1 Span lengths 11-4 B.D./O.D. OD
Tracks 1 Skew Materials Timber (Pine) Condition Out of service Height 14-0
HISTORICAL SUMMARY
Date 1934 Date(s) rebuilt Builder
Common Name (if any) Designer
CULTURAL RESOURCE (EVALUATIONS
National Register status
Local landmark designation
HAER Doc. # Type and date of HAER documentation
MDRW # 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
McGinley Hart & Associates Historic Structure Hndentory 7"0=
Architects & Planners
A.G. Lichtenstein & Associates META Historical Property Survey, Phase II
DMC Engineering
Jane Carolan MTA 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.
Interstate Commerce Commission Valuation Reports state that the rubble stone abutments were built in 1873.
Sources
Boston & Maine Railroad drawings. Transferred to aperture cards, META Pian 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.
Surveyor Charles Scott
Survey date November 1987
Reviewer AGL
Review date 11/23/87
Survey photographs
1102/5-21381.30
GLOSSARY Val Plan: Railroad property valuation plan. R40?: Historic American Engineering Record
USW quad: U.S. Geological Survey quadrangle map B.D.10.D.: Ballasted deck/open deck
UTM Ref.: USGS map grid reference in the Universal Transverse Mercator grid system.