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Belden Bly Bridge

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While the bridge was scheduled to be closed for replacement starting in early 2013, problems with the temporary cable-lift draw bridge delayed the project significantly. (On June 3, 2013, a hinge failed on the temporary draw span during what was supposed to have been final testing.) The temporary
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This bridge closed for several months for repairs on 15 December 2008. The MBTA bus routes 424, 450, 455 and 459 had their routes detoured through Austin Square in West Lynn through Ballard Street in Saugus.
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design. As of January 2023, the temporary bridge is expected to remain in use until March 2025, at which time the replacement bridge is expected to be completed.
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Construction began on the replacement bridge (also to be named the Belden G. Bly Bridge) in 2020. The replacement bridge will be of a single leaf
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bridge was finally opened on Nov. 9, 2013, and the 1912 span closed permanently.
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was built in 1912 and renamed in 1985 in honor of former member of the
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Google Street View showing the Scherzer Rolling Lift mechanism
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Cantilever bridge, Scherzer Rolling Lift (1912-2013)
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42°27′3.0″N 70°58′44.5″W / 42.450833°N 70.979028°W / 42.450833; -70.979028
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Belden Bly
cantilever bridge
United States
Scherzer Rolling Lift
Massachusetts
Streetcar
bascule bridge
Belden Bly Bridge Replacement project photo
Google Street View showing the Scherzer Rolling Lift mechanism
"Belden Bly could be bridge to past", ItemLive
https://web.archive.org/web/20070829002347/http://hodge.iiiii.nu/industry---photos/bridges.html
"Demolition Crews Proceed Carefully to Avoid Premature Collapse of Old Span"
"Information about project #604952"
"Temporary Route 107 bridge to remain in use until 2025"
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Buildings and structures in Saugus, Massachusetts
Bridges completed in 1912
Bridges in Essex County, Massachusetts
Road bridges in Massachusetts
1912 establishments in Massachusetts
Cantilever bridges in the United States

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