Water Street Bridge, Spanning Boston & Maine Railroad tracks at Water Street (U.S. Route 3), Concord, Merrimack County, NH
Summary
Significance: The bridge is one of 35 historic through girder bridges extant in the state of New Hampshire. It ranked fifth under the NHDOT bridge rating system. The bridge is technologically significant because of its variable section girders and cantilevered exterior pedestrian walkways, as well as for the length of its span. The bridge was designed by New Hampshire Highway Department in 1936 and competed the following year...
Survey number: HAER NH-29
Tags
vehicular bridges
pedestrian bridges
girder bridges
east concord concord nh
bridge
water street bridge
boston
maine
railroad
maine railroad
water street
concord
merrimack
merrimack county
new hampshire
massachusetts
historic american engineering record
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
infrastructure
library of congress
water supply
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Location
East Concord (Concord, N.H.)
,
43.20814, -71.53757
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