Rollins Farm Bridge, Spanning Boston & Maine Railroad at Ham Road, Rollinsford, Strafford County, NH
Summary
Significance: Rollins Farm Bridge is one of possibly seven standing boxed pony timber bridges in North America, and one of four in New Hampshire. It is the only example of the numerous overhead roadway bridges built by the Boston & Maine Railroad surviving in situ. It is also the only example with three trusses and two lanes.
Survey number: HAER NH-44
Building/structure dates: 1917 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1929 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1949 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 95001425
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Boston & Maine Railroad
Rollins, William
Guppy, Benjamin W
Pickering, B F
Dodge, Fred A
Guildford Transportation Industries Inc.
Marston, Christopher, project manager
Christianson, Justine, transmitter
Federal Highway Administration, sponsor
Location
new hampshire, 43.23620, -70.82034
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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