Willimansett Bridge

Infobox Bridge
bridge_name=Willimansett Bridge

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Rt 116 and Route 141
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locale=Chicopee, Massachusetts to Holyoke, Massachusetts
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8 tons for medium trucks
12 tons for large trucks
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coordinates= coord|42|11|42|N|72|36|5|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title|name=Willimansette Bridge
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long= The Willimansett Bridge is a steel truss bridge over the Connecticut River located between Chicopee, Massachusetts and Holyoke, Massachusetts. It carries Massachusetts state routes 116 and 141.

History

The bridge was built in 1891 by Richard F. Hawkins Ironworks [* cite book
last = Toomey
first = Daniel P.
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title = Massachusetts of Today: A Memorial of the State Historical and Biographical Issued for the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago
publisher = Columbia
date = 1892
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pages = p.347
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isbn = [http://books.google.com/books?id=Ux7xVEWPYLkC&pg=PA347&lpg=PA347&dq=willimansett+bridge&source=web&ots=Ag6ldzUJ69&sig=y8IfQFr21hDXO_OWPMSrY3YvleU#PPA347,M1 Google books] ] (superstructure) and Wright Lyons and Company (substructure) with Edward S. Shaw as engineer [See "Maker's Plaque" image] at an original cost of $178,326.69 [* cite book
last = Copeland
first = Alfred Minott
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title = Massachusetts of Today: A Memorial of the State Historical and Biographical Issued for the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago
publisher = Century Memorial Pub. Co
date = 1902
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pages = p.173
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isbn = [http://books.google.com/books?id=re9bwnTprgwC&pg=PA173&lpg=PA173&dq=willimansett+bridge&source=web&ots=GH1aFwOp7-&sig=Nz42egDkANJYHkfjreHU5xZigAM#PPA173,M1 Google books] ] .

The bridge received new weight restrictions in the summer of 2007, and is in the design phase for refurbishment. [ [http://www.examiner.com/a-901408~Restrictions_imposed_on_western_Mass__bridge.html Manchester Examiner article] ] [ [http://www.mhd.state.ma.us/ProjectInfo/Main.asp?ACTION=ViewProject&PROJECT_NO=82611 Rehabilitation project] ] .

ee also

* List of crossings of the Connecticut River

References

Crossings navbox
structure = Crossings
place = Connecticut River
bridge = Willimansett Bridge
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upstream = Springfield Terminal railroad bridge between Holyoke and Chicopee
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downstream = I-391 bridge
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