Connecticut River railroad bridge (Northfield, Massachusetts)

Rail bridge at Northfield, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°42′22.40″N 72°27′33″W
Carries	New England Central Railroad and Amtrak Vermonter
Crosses	Connecticut River
Locale	Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Characteristics
Design	Deck truss bridge
Material	Metal truss, on masonry piers
No. of spans	4
Piers in water	3
History
Construction end	1903
Location

The rail crossing of the Connecticut River (United States) at this location originates from the Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad. The V&MRR was chartered in 1844 and completed an extension between Millers Falls, Massachusetts and Brattleboro, Vermont by 1850. Alvah Crocker, a paper and railroad magnate and U.S. Representative, was the first president of the V&MRR. Initially, the V&MRR was operated by Crocker's Fitchburg Railroad.

This rail bridge was used by Amtrak's Vermonter passenger service until December 2014.

Notes

^ A: Please place direct quotations from cited book here - then reference them in text above with Cref.
^ B: United States Geological Survey topographic map showing the bridge as the New London Northern Railroad bridge.
^ C: United States Geological Survey topographic map showing the bridge as the Central Vermont Railway bridge.

References

General references

• USGS Warwick, Massachusetts-New Hampshire-Vermont Quadrangle Map, March 1894, reprinted October 1915. Historic USGS Maps of New England & New York Archived 2013-03-05 at the Wayback Machine, University of New Hampshire Library Digital Collections Initiative.