greenfield-bridge.md

The replacement of the Greenfield Bridge (the "Beechwood Boulevard Bridge" if you believe the carved ornamentation) is interesting in that in some ways it mirrors what happened to the previous bridge

Here are links to City Photographer photos telling the story.

Old Greenfield bridge:

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Needed work. They overhauled it, in 1909

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Plans for the new bridge

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And then the old one collapsed.

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And so they built a new one

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