{"nrhp_refnum":"89002292","name":"Quinepoxet River Bridge","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Thomas St. over the Quinepoxet River at the Wachusett Reservoir","address_restricted":false,"city":"West Boylston","county":"Worcester County","state":"MA","lat":42.38507702100003,"lon":-71.79719282899998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-04-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-span concrete and granite highway bridge carrying Thomas Street over the Quinepoxet River in the village of Oakdale, West Boylston, Massachusetts, built in 1903 by the Metropolitan Water Board.","why_significant":"The bridge illustrates highway bridge design and construction tied to the growth of the metropolitan Boston water supply system between 1845 and 1926. Its design is unusual in the system: the arches do not spring from discrete piers but form the tops of openings resembling masonry aqueduct sections. It is one of two examples of this type, with the Ash Street Bridge, and the larger of the two.","narrative":"Thomas Street crosses the Quinepoxet River in the village of Oakdale, West Boylston, on a three-arch bridge built in 1903 where the river enters Wachusett Reservoir. The structure is about 95 feet long, 32½ feet wide and 20 feet high, with concrete construction faced in quarry-faced granite. A monolithic concrete base paved with stone forms a floor for the river beneath the arches, and the paving extends upstream and downstream to prevent scouring. Engineers of the Metropolitan Water Board under Frederic P. Stearns designed it, and George M. Atkins Co. built it as part of the third phase of Boston's metropolitan water system. Its arches rise from openings shaped like sections of masonry aqueduct rather than from separate piers, a form found in only one other bridge in the system, the Ash Street Bridge. The bridge keeps its original location, design, materials, workmanship and setting, and was recognized for its architectural and historical value.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Designed by the engineering staff of the Metropolitan Water Board under Frederic P. Stearns; contractor George M. Atkins Co., of Washington, D.C.","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Recorded in good condition, with no alterations and not moved.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:04.351474-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/31/7934/63793431/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89002292.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89002292/744c1b9742-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89002292/744c1b9742-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Pvmoutside","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quinepoxet_River_Bridge.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Pvmoutside</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quinepoxet_River_Bridge.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63793431","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinapoxet_River_Bridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7272072"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/worcester-county/quinepoxet-river-bridge-89002292/"}