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The Crossman Bridge, also known as the Gilbert Road Bridge, is a truss bridge located in
Warren, Massachusetts Warren is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 4,975 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. The town contains the villages of Warren (CDP), Massachusetts, Warren and ...
, carrying Gilbert Road across the
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. Built in 1888 and rehabilitated in 2004-08, it is one of the few surviving
lenticular truss bridge A truss bridge is a bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss, a structure of connected elements, usually forming triangular units. The connected elements (typically straight) may be stressed from tension, compression, or s ...
s in Massachusetts, and the only known lenticular pony truss bridge. The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.


Description and history

The Crossman Bridge is located just west of West Warren, on Gilbert Road just south of its junction with Main Street (
Massachusetts Route 67 Route 67 is a north–south (though geographically more northeast-southwest) highway in western and central Massachusetts. Its southern terminus is at U.S. Route 20 (US 20) in Palmer and its northern terminus is at Route 32 in Barre. Route ...
). The bridge is long and wide, and is mounted on concrete abutments topped with granite slabs. The lenticular trusses have a maximum depth of about . The bridge deck is supported by a modern system of steel beams and stringers. A decorative railing, originally protective in nature, has been preserved, augmented by a modern guard rail. The bridge was built in 1888 by the
Berlin Iron Bridge Co. The Berlin Iron Bridge Company was a Berlin, Connecticut company that built iron bridges and buildings that were supported by iron. It is credited as the architect of numerous bridges and buildings now listed on the U.S. National Register of His ...
at a cost $2,175. It is only one of three known lenticular bridges in the state, and the only one that is a pony truss (without connection between the trusses above the roadway). It was the first metal bridge on the site, which has a history of bridge crossings dating to 1795. It was named for the A. W. Crossman factory, which stood just south of the river to the east of Gilbert Road. From 2004 to 2008, it was removed for repairs, rehabilitated and reassembled by U.S. Bridge of Cambridge, Ohio.


See also

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Worcester County, Massachusetts __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) designated in Worcester County, Massachusetts. The locations of NRHP properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be ...
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List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts This is a list of bridges and tunnels on the National Register of Historic Places in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. References {{National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Bridges Massachusetts Bridges Bridges A bridg ...


References

{{reflist Bridges completed in 1888 Bridges in Worcester County, Massachusetts Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Lenticular truss bridges in the United States National Register of Historic Places in Worcester County, Massachusetts Steel bridges in the United States