Useful Links . . .
National Transportation Enhancements Clearinghouse. Info on the most common source of money available for restoring bridges. www.enhancements.org
National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP). Info on general subjects related to historic preservation. http://www.nationaltrust.org/
NTHP's Northeast Office. http://www.nationaltrust.org/about_the_trust/regional/northeast.html
PreservatiON Mass. http://www.historicmass.org/
The Picker Engineering Program at Smith College in Northampton, MA http://www.science.smith.edu/engin/index.html
Article in the Boston Globe's Real Estate section about Northfield. http://realestate.boston.com/communities/profiles/2000/northfield.html
Historic Bridge Resources
Historic Bridges of Michigan and elsewhere offers photos, information, and maps for historic bridges. While various structure types are represented, emphasis is placed on metal truss bridges.
Virginia DOT's Historic Bridge Program . http://virginiadot.org/vtrc/history/Main.html
Web site about a fallen railroad bridge in western PA, and the efforts to restore it http://www.kinzuabridgeonline.com/
Pennsylvania DOT's Historic Bridge Program. Click HERE.
Indiana DOT's Historic Bridge Program. http://www.in.gov/dot/programs/bridges/
New York DOT's Historic Bridge Program. http://www.dot.state.ny.us/eab/hbridge.html
Vermont Agency of Tranportation's Historic Bridge Program. Click HERE.
Last Remaining Cast and Wrought Iron Bridges in the U.S. Click HERE.
Historic Bridge Foundation. http://www.historicbridgefoundation.com/
The story behind Prof. Lutenegger's Bridges at UMass Amherst. http://chronicle.com/free/v49/i48/48a04001.htm
Lenticular Truss Bridges of Massachusetts. http://www.ecs.umass.edu/cee/cee_web/bridge/1.html
Historic Bridge Case Studies in CT. http://www.past-inc.org/historic-bridges/Preservation.html
A great site for historic bridges. http://thecaperock.com/bridges/
The project to save the Hojack Bridge in Rochester, NY. http://www.thebridgeproject.com/
A great site for news articles about historic bridges. http://www.iceandcoal.org/bridges/bridgenews.html
Click on this site and you'll find a special search engine. . http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/hhquery.html Type in 'Schell Bridge' and up will pop a detailed engineering analysis of the bridge AND hi-res tiff files of the bridge from numerous angles.
The Federal Highway Admin. [FHWA] has a great page about funding historic bridge rehabs. http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/144_2001.htm
And here is the FHWA's page [ http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/BRIDGE/144_2001.htm ] about using Federal money towards the rehabilitation of a bridge scheduled for demolition using Federal money.
The Connecticut River has an organization--Connecticut River Watershed Council that takes a lead in efforts to clean-up, promote environmental partnerships along the beautiful river--in all four states.
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