Prescott Bridge, Spanning Lamprey River on Prescott Road, Raymond, Rockingham County, NH
Summary
Significance: The bridge is believed to be the sole surviving example of an I-beam through bridge with transverse jack arches extant in New Hampshire. Constructed in 1917. The bridge is the last example of a popular bridge form built widely throughout the state, an example of what United Construction Company called "a standard two-beam girder bridge." The structure is one of three bridges erected in Raymond in 1917 by the United Construction Company of Albany, New York...
Survey number: HAER NH-16
Building/structure dates: 1917 Initial Construction
Tags
vehicular bridges
steel girder bridges
raymond
prescott
bridge
prescott bridge
lamprey
lamprey river
prescott road
rockingham
rockingham county
new hampshire
historic american engineering record
united construction company
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
library of congress
albany new york
new york state
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
United Construction Company
Location
Raymond
,
43.02483, -71.15266
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