Harris Street Bridge

Harris Street Bridge
Location Taunton, Massachusetts
Coordinates 41°54′20.27″N 71°4′9.63″W / 41.9056306°N 71.0693417°WCoordinates: 41°54′20.27″N 71°4′9.63″W / 41.9056306°N 71.0693417°W
Built 1887
Architect Pembridge Company
Architectural style Other
Governing body Private
MPS Taunton MRA
NRHP Reference #

84002123

[1]
Added to NRHP July 5, 1984

Harris Street Bridge is a historic truss bridge that spans the Taunton River at Dean and Harris Streets in Taunton, Massachusetts.

The bridge was built in 1887 by the Penn Bridge Company to carry a water pipe from the nearby Harris Street Pumping Station to the center of the city. Its secondary function was as a road and pedestrian bridge. The bridge is a pin-connected wrought-iron 6-panel Pratt truss measuring 100 feet in length and 35 feet in width, with a single span of 95 feet.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. The bridge has been closed to vehicular and pedestrian traffic for many years and deck and railings are in serious disrepair. It still serves its original function carrying the water pipe over the Taunton River.

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References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
  2. ↑ http://mhc-macris.net/Details.aspx?MhcId=TAU.903

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