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Notre Dame Bridge, Spanning Merrimack River on Bridge Street, Manchester, Hillsborough County, NH

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Significance: The bridge is significant as the best example of the steel arch truss (the most advanced metal truss design) in New Hampshire. The structure is one of five surviving steel arch bridges in the state. It is the longest bridge of the pre-war era in New Hampshire. The bridge is associated with the redevelopment of the historically significant, bankrupted (1936) Amoskeag mills, and provided continuation of the vital transportation link between the manufacturing district and the densely populated Franco-American community of Manchester's West Side...

Survey number: HAER NH-14

Building/structure dates: 1937 Initial Construction

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1969 - 1980
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Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Worcester, Joseph R
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Manchester ,  42.99555, -71.44951
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Library of Congress
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http://www.loc.gov/
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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

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vehicular bridges steel truss bridges manchester notre dame bridge notre dame bridge merrimack merrimack river bridge street hillsborough hillsborough county new hampshire historic american engineering record joseph r worcester photo ultra high resolution high resolution notre dame manufacturing plants manufacturing building plans history library of congress