Medford Pipe Bridge

Medford Pipe Bridge
LocationMedford, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°25′6″N 71°6′44″W / 42.41833°N 71.11222°W / 42.41833; -71.11222
Built1897
ArchitectNew Jersey Steel & Iron Co.
MPSWater Supply System of Metropolitan Boston MPS
NRHP reference No.89002253[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 18, 1990

The Medford Pipe Bridge is a historic plate girder pipeline bridge over the Mystic River, between S. Court St. and the Mystic Valley Parkway in Medford, Massachusetts. It was built in 1897 as part of the Metropolitan Water Board's northern high and low service.

The bridge carries a 20" high-service pipe and a 48" low-service pipe between the Chestnut Hill Reservoir and Spot Pond that are cross connected with the Mystic Water Works pumping station in Somerville. The bridge was built by the New Jersey Steel & Iron Company in Trenton, New Jersey, and placed on abutments designed by Cheney & Trumbull. It also carries foot traffic.[2]

The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1] A postcard ca. 1938 calls it the "Foot Bridge over Mystic River", Medford, Mass.[3]

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References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ MHC Inventory form
  3. ^ "Digital Commonwealth".
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