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Bath-Haverhill Bridge, Spanning Ammonoosuc River, bypassed section of Ammanoosuc Street (SR 135), Woodsville, Grafton County, NH
Bath-Haverhill Bridge, Spanning Ammonoosuc River, bypassed section of Ammanoosuc Street (SR 135), Woodsville, Grafton County, NH
Bath-Haverhill Bridge, Spanning Ammonoosuc River, bypassed section of Ammanoosuc Street (SR 135), Woodsville, Grafton County, NH
Bath-Haverhill Bridge, Spanning Ammonoosuc River, bypassed section of Ammanoosuc Street (SR 135), Woodsville, Grafton County, NH
Bath-Haverhill Bridge, Spanning Ammonoosuc River, bypassed section of Ammanoosuc Street (SR 135), Woodsville, Grafton County, NH
Bath-Haverhill Bridge, Spanning Ammonoosuc River, bypassed section of Ammanoosuc Street (SR 135), Woodsville, Grafton County, NH
Bath-Haverhill Bridge, Spanning Ammonoosuc River, bypassed section of Ammanoosuc Street (SR 135), Woodsville, Grafton County, NH
Bath-Haverhill Bridge, Spanning Ammonoosuc River, bypassed section of Ammanoosuc Street (SR 135), Woodsville, Grafton County, NH
Bath-Haverhill Bridge, Spanning Ammonoosuc River, bypassed section of Ammanoosuc Street (SR 135), Woodsville, Grafton County, NH
Bath-Haverhill Bridge, Spanning Ammonoosuc River, bypassed section of Ammanoosuc Street (SR 135), Woodsville, Grafton County, NH
Summary
Significance: Bath-Haverhill Bridge is the oldest existing Town lattice truss, and one of the oldest covered bridges in the country. The Town lattice truss was one of the most widely used wooden truss forms. The bridge was in service for 170 years. Until bypassed in 1999 it carried the traffic of a numbered state highway.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1002
Survey number: HAER NH-33
Building/structure dates: 1829 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1921-1922 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: after. 1920- before. 1929 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1973 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1998 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 77000091
Tags
covered bridges
town lattice trusses
transportation
vehicular bridges
grafton county
bath haverhill
bridge
bath haverhill bridge
ammonoosuc
ammonoosuc river
section
ammanoosuc
ammanoosuc street
woodsville
grafton
new hampshire
justine christianson
joseph d conwill
federal highway administration
james l garvin
historic american engineering record
francesco lanza
jet lowe
christopher marston
john storrs
ithiel town
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
library of congress
national register of historic places
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Town, Ithiel
Storrs, John
Christianson, Justine, transmitter
Marston, Christopher, project manager
Federal Highway Administration, sponsor
Location
grafton county
,
44.15129, -72.03672
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html