MAKE A MEME View Large Image Farwell Street Bridge Waltham 1930s.jpg en Original caption The old bridge across the Charles River at this point had become unsafe This new bridge is a single span of 105 feet and consists of a three-hinged steel arch encased in concrete ...
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Keywords: Farwell Street Bridge Waltham 1930s.jpg en Original caption The old bridge across the Charles River at this point had become unsafe This new bridge is a single span of 105 feet and consists of a three-hinged steel arch encased in concrete supporting a 40-foot roadway and two 6-foot sidewalks The arch is composed of seven structural-steel spandrel-braced three-hinged arched ribs spaced 8 feet 4 inches on centers except the outside ribs which are spaced 9 feet 2 inches from the typical ribs The abutments are mass concrete enclosing the old stone abutments A center pier from the old bridge was removed The project was completed in September 1935 at a construction cost of 45 586 and a total project cost of 50 131 1935 1939 Original source C W Short and R Stanley-Brown Public Buildings A Survey of Architecture of Projects Constructed by Federal and Other Governmental Bodies Between the Years 1933 and 1939 with the Assistance of the Public Works Administration 1939 Found on http //livingnewdeal berkeley edu/projects/farwell-street-bridge-waltham-ma/ The Living New Deal the University of California Berkeley C W Short and R Stanley-Brown/U S Public Works Administration PD-USGov Uploaded with UploadWizard Bridges over the Charles River Road bridges in Massachusetts Bridges in Waltham Massachusetts
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