List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts

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This is a list of bridges and tunnels on the National Register of Historic Places in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. [1]

NameImageBuiltListedLocationCountyType
Annisquam Bridge Annisquam Bridge, Spanning Lobster Cove between Washington & River S, Gloucester (Essex County, Massachusetts).jpg 1861, 1896, 19611983-06-23 Gloucester
42°39′18″N70°40′32.4″W / 42.65500°N 70.675667°W / 42.65500; -70.675667 (Annisquam Bridge)
Essex Wood pile type
Atherton Bridge Atherton Bridge.jpg 18701979-09-19 Lancaster
42°26′40″N71°40′21″W / 42.44444°N 71.67250°W / 42.44444; -71.67250 (Atherton Bridge)
Worcester single span Pony/Post Truss
Bardwell's Ferry Bridge Bardwell's Ferry Bridge viewed from north in 2014.jpg 18822000-02-10 Conway
42°33′20″N72°40′41″W / 42.55556°N 72.67806°W / 42.55556; -72.67806 (Bardwell's Ferry Bridge)
Franklin
Bartlett's Bridge Bartlett's Bridge, Spanning French River on Clara Barton Road, Oxford (Worcester County, Massachusetts).jpg 18892000-02-10 Oxford
42°9′17″N71°52′59″W / 42.15472°N 71.88306°W / 42.15472; -71.88306 (Bartlett's Bridge)
Worcester
Bissell Bridge BISSELL BRIDGE.jpg 2004-02-26 Charlemont
42°37′57″N72°52′10″W / 42.63250°N 72.86944°W / 42.63250; -72.86944 (Bissell Bridge)
Franklin Long Through Truss
Blackstone Viaduct BlackstoneMA BlackstoneViaduct.jpg 1872, 19182002-02-05 Blackstone
42°0′55″N71°32′0″W / 42.01528°N 71.53333°W / 42.01528; -71.53333 (Blackstone Viaduct)
Worcester
Burkeville Covered Bridge Burkeville Covered Bridge, Conway, MA.jpg 1870, 18711988-09-09 Conway
42°29′1″N72°42′44″W / 42.48361°N 72.71222°W / 42.48361; -72.71222 (Burkeville Covered Bridge)
Franklin Multiple kingrod truss
Canton Viaduct CantonViaduct.jpg 18341984-09-20 Canton
42°9′28″N71°9′17″W / 42.15778°N 71.15472°W / 42.15778; -71.15472 (Canton Viaduct)
Norfolk
Carpenter Bridge Carpenter Bridge, Rehoboth MA.jpg 18731983-06-06 Rehoboth
41°49′41″N71°15′20″W / 41.82806°N 71.25556°W / 41.82806; -71.25556 (Carpenter Bridge)
Bristol
Choate Bridge Choate Bridge.jpg 17641972-08-21 Ipswich
42°40′46″N70°50′16″W / 42.67944°N 70.83778°W / 42.67944; -70.83778 (Choate Bridge)
Essex Double stone arch (oldest bridge in the country of its type)
Coleman Bridge Coleman Bridge, Spanning Phelps Brook, on Windsor Bush Road, at ea, Windsor (Berkshire County, Massachusetts).jpg by 18942000-02-18 Windsor
42°31′56″N72°59′36″W / 42.53222°N 72.99333°W / 42.53222; -72.99333 (Coleman Bridge)
Berkshire Ball-patent Pipe Bridge
Crossman Bridge Crossman Bridge, Warren MA.jpg 18882010-12-27 Warren
42°12′37″N72°14′44″W / 42.21028°N 72.24556°W / 42.21028; -72.24556 (Crossman Bridge)
Worcester One of the state's few surviving lenticular pony truss bridge
Deerfield River Bridge Shelburne Falls Truss Bridge.JPG 18901988-01-28 Shelburne, Buckland
42°36′13″N72°44′27″W / 42.6037°N 72.7407°W / 42.6037; -72.7407 (Deerfield River Bridge)
Franklin A contributing element of the Shelburne Falls Historic District.
Double-arch Sandstone Bridge Sands bridge southside.jpg 18351984-06-20 Methuen
42°44′33″N71°12′29″W / 42.74250°N 71.20806°W / 42.74250; -71.20806 (Double-arch Sandstone Bridge)
Essex Mortarless twin arch
Echo Bridge Echo Bridge.JPG 1876, 18771980-04-09 Needham, Newton
42°18′53″N71°13′39″W / 42.31472°N 71.22750°W / 42.31472; -71.22750 (Echo Bridge)
Middlesex, Norfolk
Eliot Memorial Bridge Eliot Bridge Milton MA 04.jpg 19051980-09-25 Milton
42°12′42″N71°6′49″W / 42.21167°N 71.11361°W / 42.21167; -71.11361 (Eliot Memorial Bridge)
Norfolk
Bridge of Flowers Bridge of Flowers.JPG 19051988-01-28 Shelburne, Buckland
42°36′14.67″N72°44′25.82″W / 42.6040750°N 72.7405056°W / 42.6040750; -72.7405056 (Bridge of Flowers)
Franklin A contributing element of the Shelburne Falls Historic District.
Golden Hill Bridge GoldenHill BridgeDSC 7656.jpg 1994-02-09 Lee
42°19′18″N73°14′33″W / 42.32167°N 73.24250°W / 42.32167; -73.24250 (Golden Hill Bridge)
Berkshire
Granite Keystone Bridge Granite Keystone Bridge LDR image, July 2016.JPG 18721981-08-27 Rockport
42°40′1″N70°37′33″W / 42.66694°N 70.62583°W / 42.66694; -70.62583 (Granite Keystone Bridge)
Essex Stone-arch bridge
Harris Street Bridge Harris Street Bridge Taunton.jpg 18871984-07-05 Taunton
41°54′20″N71°4′12″W / 41.90556°N 71.07000°W / 41.90556; -71.07000 (Harris Street Bridge)
Bristol Pratt Truss
Linden Street Bridge WalthamMA LindenStreetBridge.jpg 18941989-09-28 Waltham
42°22′48″N71°13′15″W / 42.38000°N 71.22083°W / 42.38000; -71.22083 (Linden Street Bridge)
Middlesex
Medford Pipe Bridge MedfordMA MedfordPipeBridge.jpg 1897, 18981990-01-18 Medford
42°25′6″N71°6′44″W / 42.41833°N 71.11222°W / 42.41833; -71.11222 (Medford Pipe Bridge)
Middlesex
Middlefield-Becket Stone Arch Railroad Bridge District Bridge over West Branch of Westfield River near Middlefield Rd, Chester MA.jpg 1840, ca. 1866, 19121980-04-11 Becket, Chester, Middlefield
42°18′44″N73°1′10″W / 42.31222°N 73.01944°W / 42.31222; -73.01944 (Middlefield-Becket Stone Arch Railroad Bridge)
Berkshire, Hampden, Hampshire
Needham Street Bridge NewtonMA NeedhamStreetBridge.jpg 18751986-09-04 Needham, Newton
42°18′23″N71°13′3″W / 42.30639°N 71.21750°W / 42.30639; -71.21750 (Needham Street Bridge)
Middlesex, Norfolk Stone-arch bridge
Newton Street Bridge Newton Street Bridge.jpg 18771989-09-28 Waltham
42°22′20″N71°13′45″W / 42.37222°N 71.22917°W / 42.37222; -71.22917 (Newton Street Bridge)
Middlesex Triple-arch stone bridge
Old Covered Bridge Rebuilt Old Covered Bridge, June 2012, Sheffield MA.jpg 1837, 18381978-11-24 Sheffield
42°7′26″N73°21′17″W / 42.12389°N 73.35472°W / 42.12389; -73.35472 (Old Covered Bridge)
Berkshire Town Lattice Truss Bridge
Old Town Bridge Old Town Bridge, Spanning Sudbury River, Wayland (Middlesex County, Massachusetts).jpg 1848; reconstructed 19001975-05-02 Wayland
42°22′31″N71°22′49″W / 42.37528°N 71.38028°W / 42.37528; -71.38028 (Old Town Bridge)
Middlesex Stone arch bridge
Paul's Bridge Pauls Bridge MA north side 02.jpg 1849, ca. 19351972-12-11 Boston, Milton
42°14′4″N71°7′24″W / 42.23444°N 71.12333°W / 42.23444; -71.12333 (Paul's Bridge)
Norfolk, Suffolk
Ponakin Bridge Ponakin Bridge.jpg 18711979-09-10 Lancaster
42°28′52″N71°41′9″W / 42.48111°N 71.68583°W / 42.48111; -71.68583 (Ponakin Bridge)
Worcester Post Through Truss
Quinepoxet River Bridge Quinepoxet River Bridge.jpg 19031990-04-08 West Boylston
42°23′6″N71°47′52″W / 42.38500°N 71.79778°W / 42.38500; -71.79778 (Quinepoxet River Bridge)
Worcester
Arthur A. Smith Covered Bridge Arthur A. Smith Covered Bridge, Colrain MA.jpg 1868, 1870, 18961983-02-03 Colrain
42°40′12″N72°43′9″W / 42.67000°N 72.71917°W / 42.67000; -72.71917 (Arthur A. Smith Covered Bridge)
Franklin Burr arch truss system
Stone's Bridge WaylandMA StonesBridge1.jpg 18582017-01-17 Wayland and Framingham
42°20′21″N71°23′42″W / 42.33917°N 71.39500°W / 42.33917; -71.39500 (Stone's Bridge)
Middlesex Stone arch bridge
Waban Arches Bridge WellesleyMA WabanArches.jpg 18751991-01-18 Wellesley
42°16′58″N71°17′51″W / 42.2829°N 71.2974°W / 42.2829; -71.2974 (Waban Arches Bridge)
Norfolk Part of the Sudbury Aqueduct Linear District; this bridge carries the aqueduct over Waban Brook.
Wachusett Aqueduct SouthboroughMA WachusettAqueductDeerfootRoadArch.jpg 18961991-01-18 Southborough
42°18′18″N71°32′32″W / 42.305°N 71.5421°W / 42.305; -71.5421 (Wachusett Aqueduct (Deerfoot Road bridge))
Worcester The Wachusett Aqueduct is carried over at least one bridge, and a number of bridges carrying roads (or former roads) over the aqueduct's open channel are contributing structures to its listing on the National Register. The pictured bridge carries Deerfoot Road over the open channel.
Walden Street Cattle Pass Walden Street Cattle Pass, Cambridge, MA 05.jpg 1857, 18691994-06-03 Cambridge
42°23′21″N71°7′31″W / 42.38917°N 71.12528°W / 42.38917; -71.12528 (Walden Street Cattle Pass)
Middlesex
Ware-Hardwick Covered Bridge Ware-Hardwick Covered Bridge, Gilbertville, MA.jpg 18861986-05-08 Hardwick, Ware
42°18′37″N72°12′45″W / 42.31028°N 72.21250°W / 42.31028; -72.21250 (Ware-Hardwick Covered Bridge)
Hampshire, Worcester Town lattice truss

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