Rating:
2 votes

Lancaster Bridge

Coos County, New Hampshire, and Essex County, Vermont

Photos 

US 2 Connecticut River Bridge

Photo taken by C Hanchey in October 2009

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BH Photo #147747

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

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.
Also called
Connecticut River Bridge
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)
Quadrangle map:
Lancaster
Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
3,592
Inventory number
BH 24867 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of November 2018)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 33.2 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (1,660)
Built 1950 (605)
Built during 1950s (4,006)
Connecticut River (107)
Coos County, New Hampshire (65)
Essex County, Vermont (23)
Have street view (28,881)
New Hampshire (712)
Open (40,960)
Owned by state (16,548)
 Parker through truss (1,404)
Parker truss (1,799)
Span length 175-250 feet (2,058)
State line crossing (913)
Through truss (16,718)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,505)
Truss (35,384)
US 2 (51)
Vermont (681)

Update Log 

  • January 28, 2016: New photos from Mike Garland
  • 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
  • Mike Garland - Rapier342 [at] comcast [dot] net
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Comments 

Connecticut River Bridge
Posted November 7, 2020, by Jim Grey (mobilene [at] gmail [dot] com)

Looks like this one got bypassed. I found this photo on Facebook.

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.