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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, United States. The population was 4,975 at the 2020 census. The town contains the villages of Warren and West Warren. History Warren was first settled in 1664 and was officially incorp ...
, carrying Gilbert Road across the
Quaboag River The Quaboag River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 1, 2011 river in Massachusetts that heads at Quaboag Pond in Brookfield at an elevation of above sea level ...
. 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 in Massachusetts, and the only known lenticular pony truss bridge. The bridge was added to the
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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). 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. 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
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.


See also

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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