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Swift River Bypass Bridge
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Swift River Bypass Bridge
Elevation, early morning
Photo taken by Nick Boppel in June 2020
BH Photo #474498
Description
This bridge was constructed in 1975 as a vehicular bypass of the Swift River Covered Bridge, which was then restored for pedestrian use only. When the new bridge was built, West Side Road/Washington Street was realigned. The original alignment of the road today is disconnected in two parts, with the northern segment being an extended parking area for the covered bridge and nearby fishing/swimming holes, and the southern segment being a private access road/driveway for two houses located directly behind the Saco River Covered Bridge. The fork at the south end of the Saco River Covered Bridge originally did not exist, with West Side Road branching off towards the north immediately before the Saco River bridge on what is now private property.Facts
- Overview
- Steel stringer bridge over Swift River on West Side Road/Washington Street
- Location
- Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1975 as bypass around Swift River Covered Bridge
- Design
- Steel stringer
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 99.1 ft.
Total length: 205.1 ft.
Deck width: 31.8 ft.
- Also called
- West Side Road Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +43.98493, -71.11989 (decimal degrees)
43°59'06" N, 71°07'12" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 19/329994/4872383 (zone/easting/northing)
- Average daily traffic (as of 2014)
- 2,600
- Inventory number
- BH 89697 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of August 2017)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 95.8 (out of 100)
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