LEE, MASSACHUSETTS
Golden Hill Road (Tuttle) - Lee
The Golden Hill (Tuttle) Bridge is a five panel, 80 ft. long pony truss spanning the Housatonic River in Lee, Berkshire County. The bridge was built in 1885 and is believed to be a virtually unaltered example of the 1885 Douglas patent. The bridge is a typical example of a Pony Truss built by the company and is completely pin-connected. Like all lenticular bridges built by the Berlin Iron Bridge Company, the end posts and upper chords are composite open sections constructed of rivetted plates and angles and the lower chords are simple eye plates. The bridge is currently closed and is scheduled for replacement. Plans are being developed to restore and reconstruct the bridge as a pedestrian bridge on the campus of the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.