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

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Ware-Hardwick Covered Bridge

Photo taken by C Hanchey in August 2013

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

BH Photo #275093

Overview: Covered bridge over Ware River on Bridge Street in Hardwick
Location: Gilbertville, Worcester County, Massachusetts, and Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1887; rehabilitated 1987
Design: Covered 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
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
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 (as of 10/2014): Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 66.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2001): 259