Medford Pipe Bridge

The Medford Pipe Bridge is a historic plate girder pipeline bridge over the Mystic River, between S. Court St. and the Mystic [Valley Parkway] in Medford, Massachusetts. It was built in 1897 as part of the Metropolitan Water Board's northern high and low service.
The bridge carries a 20" high-service pipe and a 48" low-service pipe between the Chestnut [Hill Reservoir] and Spot Pond that are cross connected with the Mystic Water Works pumping station in Somerville. The bridge was built by the New Jersey Steel & Iron Company in Trenton, New Jersey, and placed on abutments designed by Cheney & Trumbull. It also carries foot traffic.
The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. A postcard ca. 1938 calls it the "Foot Bridge over Mystic River", Medford, Mass.