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Connecticut River Bridge

Coos County, New Hampshire, and Essex County, Vermont
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US 2 Connecticut River Bridge

Photo taken by C Hanchey in October 2009

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Overview
Through truss bridge over Connecticut River on US 2 in Lancaster
Location
Coos County, New Hampshire, and Essex County, Vermont
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1950 by the American Bridge Co.
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York
Design
Two-span Parker through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 192.9 ft.
Total length: 403.9 ft.
Deck width: 27.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.49583, -71.59444   (decimal degrees)
44°29'45" N, 71°35'40" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
19/293731/4930220 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Lancaster
Inventory number
BH 24867 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 07/2011)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 46.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
3,700

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (449)
Built 1950 (385)
Built during 1950s (2,383)
Connecticut River (43)
Coos County, New Hampshire (25)
Essex County, Vermont (9)
Have street view (9,908)
New Hampshire (296)
Open (28,320)
Owned by state (9,810)
 Parker through truss (947)
Parker truss (1,267)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,484)
State line crossing (514)
Through truss (9,211)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,371)
Truss (23,575)
US 2 (29)
Vermont (265)

Update Log 

  • September 9, 2011: New Street View added by J.P.
  • October 16, 2009: Updated by C Hanchey: Added bridge builder

Sources 

  • C Hanchey - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Connecticut River Bridge
Posted September 11, 2011, by Todd (mrwalk11 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

The listing of this bridge is "fair". How about a new paint job and a little maintainence? This is a real gem and with some TLC what a neat bridge it will be.