Golden Hill Bridge - Lee, MA
Posted by: neoc1
N 42° 19.311 W 073° 14.526
18T E 644851 N 4687008
The Golden Hill Bridge, a.k.a. the Tuttle Bridge, is located near 495 Golden Hill Road in Lee, MA
Waymark Code: WM161F2
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 04/13/2022
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The Golden Hill Bridge is a vehicular, lenticular, pony truss bridge that spans the Housatonic River. The bridge is manufactured by the Berlin Iron Bridge Company in 1885. Only five bridges made by the Berlin Iron Bridge Company are located in Berkshire County.
The bridge is 81' long and 16.5' wide and rests on concrete abutments. An unusual feature of the Golden Hill Bridge are the wrought-iron rods bolted to the footing of each end post and run the length of the truss passing through holes drilled in each floor beam. This modification was patented by William O. Douglas in 1885. The Golden Hill Bridge is the only known surviving bridge displaying this modification.
The Golden Hill Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on 2/9/1994. It was last renovated and modified in 2005.
Note: The bridge shown in the Wikipedia article is not the Golden Hill Bridge. It's the old bridge on Meadow Street in South Lee. The Bridgehunter website shows the correct bridge: (
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