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
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Location
East Concord (Concord, N.H.), 43.20814, -71.53757
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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