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OldCanterburyRoadOverMerrimack01

This bridge was once a direct link between Boscawen, NH and Canterbury, NH.

Photo taken by David P. Timmins

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OldCanterburyRoadOverMerrimack02

Overgrown, fenced and posted. Hard to get a good shot angle.

Photo taken by David P. Timmins

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Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Merrimack River on Bypassed Historic in Boscawen
Location
Merrimack County, New Hampshire
Status
Closed to all traffic
History
Built 1907
Design
Through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 170.0 ft.
Total length: 347.1 ft.
Deck width: 17.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.8 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.31722, -71.61806   (decimal degrees)
43°19'02" N, 71°37'05" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
19/287703/4799371 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Penacook
Inventory number
BH 24984 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2006)
Superstructure condition rating: Imminent Failure (1 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 0.0 (out of 100)

Categories 

Built 1907 (223)
Built during 1900s (2,520)
Closed (1,660)
Merrimack County, New Hampshire (27)
Merrimack River (16)
NR-eligible (2,624)
New Hampshire (240)
Owned by city (2,009)
Span length 125-175 feet (2,045)
Sufficiency rating zero (257)
Through truss (5,560)
Total length 250-500 feet (2,194)
Truss (16,277)
Wooden deck (5,164)

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Bypassed Historic Bridge
Posted October 12, 2007, by Shel Perkins (jnsperkins [at] cox [dot] net)

Here are a couple of photos taken Oct 4, 2007 of this bridge. It was so grown over I couldn't get a better shot.

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Bypassed Historic Bridge
Posted October 12, 2007, by Shel Perkins (jnsperkins [at] cox [dot] net)

Here are a couple of photos taken Oct 4, 2007 of this bridge. It was so grown over I couldn't get a better shot.

Tried to send the images but preview didn't work!