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Ware-Hardwick Covered Bridge 21-14-01 / 21-08-04

Worcester County, Massachusetts, and Hampshire County, Massachusetts

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Ware-Hardwick Covered Bridge

Photo taken by C Hanchey in August 2013

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC)

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BH Photo #275093

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Description 

Town Lattice Truss covered bridge built in 1886. It survived the flood of 1938 which destroyed many of the surrounding local covered bridges. There was a plan to abandon the bridge in 1952, but local residents fought the measure, and the two towns decided to keep the bridge. The town dump on the Ware side was closed to keep heavy trucks from using the bridge. A new floor was installed in 1966.

Facts 

Overview
Covered bridge over Ware River on Bridge Street in Hardwick
Location
Ware, Worcester County, Massachusetts, and Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1886; rehabilitated 1987
Design
Covered Town Lattice Through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 130.9 ft.
Total length: 139.1 ft.
Deck width: 19.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.4 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on May 8, 1986
Also called
Gilbertville Bridge
Ware Bridge
Gilbertville Covered Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.31014, -72.21214   (decimal degrees)
42°18'37" N, 72°12'44" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/729768/4687976 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Ware
Average daily traffic (as of 2018)
259
Inventory numbers
MA H08012 (Massachusetts bridge number)
NRHP 86001006 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
WGCB MA-14-01/MA-08-04 (21-14-01/21-08-04) (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 19477 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of October 2018)
Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 80.6 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

19th Century (7,671)
Built 1886 (196)
Built during 1880s (2,017)
Covered (1,676)
Gilbertville, Massachusetts (1)
Hampshire County, Massachusetts (64)
Hardwick, Massachusetts (5)
Lattice through truss (565)
Lattice truss (597)
Massachusetts (1,133)
NR-listed (2,964)
 Open (40,025)
Owned by township (2,787)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,243)
Through truss (15,286)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,948)
Town lattice truss (268)
Truss (33,144)
Ware, Massachusetts (2)
Wooden deck (6,087)
Worcester County, Massachusetts (161)

Update Log 

  • April 2, 2018: New photos from Richard Doody
  • August 28, 2016: New photos from John Loxton
  • January 9, 2015: New photos from Jack Schmidt

Sources 

  • C Hanchey - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
  • John Loxton
  • Richard Doody

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