Jefferson Avenue Footbridge

Historical Bridge

This bridge is an extremely rare example of a cantilever truss footbridge. Because cantilever truss bridges were usually used for long-span crossings over large navigable rivers, they typically were n...

Missouri NOT Massachusetts

This should be listed for Springfield MO (Missouri) not MA (Massachusetts). Please remove this listing from Springfield Massachusetts.

Neat bridge. Cool to stand over the moving trains.

It is in a nice part if town. The bridge itself is unique. You do have to take the stairs to get on it, but you can see the bridge from the main street. We spent about 20 minutes on the bridge. We...

Disappointed

We looked online for interesting places in Springfield and this was one of the places that was recommended. When we were driving there, we went through some pretty rough looking areas but I thought th...

Train watching in Missouri (not Massachusetts)

We enjoyed this bridge. We spent about 30 minutes with reading the history and walking the bridge. My children (11 & 13) liked our short visit to the bridge while downtown. We even got to see a few...