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The newspaper suggests the original 1876 bridge was a Howe truss. Thus, likely a wooden, covered truss bridge.
Alternately, its possible the Howe part is wrong but the pictures suggests a slightly later bridge. Probably replacing the 1876 Howe.
Regards,
Art S.