Facts
- Overview
- Swing bridge over Merrimack River on Main Street in Amesbury
- Location
- Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1850; rehabilitated 1966
- Design
- Swing
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 155.8 ft.
Total length: 412.1 ft.
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.83472, -70.90750 (decimal degrees)
42°50'05" N, 70°54'27" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Inventory number
- BH 19253 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 10/2005)
- Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 16.5 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 1999)
- 18,500