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BementBridge01 The Bement Bridge carries the Bradford Center Road over the west branch of the Warner River. Photo taken by David P. Timmins |
Facts
- Overview
- Covered bridge over West Branch Brook on Bradford Center Road in Bradford
- Location
- Merrimack County, New Hampshire
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1854; rehabilitated 1964
- Design
- Covered Through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 52.2 ft.
Total length: 61.0 ft.
Deck width: 16.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 10.2 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +43.26389, -71.95306 (decimal degrees)
43°15'50" N, 71°57'11" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 19/260327/4794354 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Bradford
- Inventory number
- BH 24981 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 10/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 17.9 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
- 570
Sources
- State of New Hampshire's covered bridge website. - State of New Hampshire's covered bridge website.
- David P. Timmins - grumpytimm [at] yahoo [dot] com