Bay State Bridge, Spanning Mill River on Clement Street, Northampton, Hampshire County, MA

Significance: The Bay State Bridge is the sixth oldest of nine Pratt through trusses in Massachusetts, identified in the Massachusetts Department of Public Works database. It has a somewhat uncommon upper lateral bracing system, and has some unusual decorative features, such as curved brackets and a latticed guardrail. The Bay State Bridge has served for nearly a century as the only river crossing in Northampton's Bay State Village section, one of the city's principal nineteenth-century manufacturing districts.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-26
Survey number: HAER MA-110
Building/structure dates: 1894 Initial Construction