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Stark Covered Bridge

Coos County, New Hampshire
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Stark Bridge 1

West side of bridge from south

Photo taken by Frank Danberg in July 2009

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Paddleford truss bridge over Upper Ammonoosuc River on North or Northside Road (off of SR 110) in Stark
Location
Town of Stark, Coos County, New Hampshire
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1862 but repaired several times over its history
Design
Covered Paddleford through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 61.5 ft.
Total length: 134.1 ft.
Deck width: 29.5 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 11.8 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 1, 1980
Also called
Stark Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.60111, -71.40823   (decimal degrees)
44°36'04" N, 71°24'30" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
19/308881/4941461 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Stark
Inventory numbers
NRHP 80000283 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 43078 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,822)
Built 1862 (12)
Built during 1860s (217)
Coos County, New Hampshire (25)
Covered (925)
Have street view (9,891)
NR-listed (2,354)
New Hampshire (295)
 Open (28,314)
Owned by township (1,813)
Paddleford truss (19)
Span length 50-75 feet (6,996)
Through truss (9,209)
Total length 125-175 feet (4,137)
Town of Stark, New Hampshire (1)
Truss (23,573)

Update Log 

  • September 11, 2011: New Street View added by J.P.
  • October 16, 2009: Updated by C Hanchey: Bridge is listed on the National Register; added GPS coordinates
  • July 28, 2009: Added by Frank Danberg

Sources 

  • Frank Danberg
  • C Hanchey - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Wikipedia
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Stark Bridge
Posted July 28, 2009, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

On the contrary Frank, I think your photos are exceptional! Thank you for posting them.

The Kennedy Family built some "Village bridges" in Indiana, I only wish at least 1 had survived.

Stark Bridge
Posted July 28, 2009, by Frank Danberg

Beautiful bridge in a very beautiful setting. My photos do not do it justice.