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Clark's Bridge
Description
Built in 1904 to span the Winooski River in Barre VT on the Barre short line, this bridge (and its associated railroad) were abandoned in 1960. It was dismantled and moved to Clarks Trading post in North Woodstock New Hampshire where it was reassembled in 1965 over the Pemigewasset River on the Clarks short line railroad. It is the only known covered railroad bridge that is still in active use.
Facts
- Overview
- Howe through truss bridge over Pemigewasset River on White Mountain Central Railroad
- Location
- Lincoln, Grafton County, New Hampshire
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1904; Abandoned 1960; dismantled and moved 1965
- Railroads
- - Montpelier & Barre Railroad (M&B)
- Montpelier & Wells River Railroad
- White Mountain Central Railroad (WMC)
- Design
- Howe through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 107.0 ft.
Total length: 116.0 ft.
Deck width: 21.6 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 20.6 ft.
- Also called
- Pinsley Railroad Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +44.05151, -71.68779 (decimal degrees)
44°03'05" N, 71°41'16" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 19/284692/4881106 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Lincoln
- Inventory number
- BH 49924 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- April 17, 2018: New photo from Richard Doody
- February 18, 2016: New photos from Mike Garland
- June 22, 2014: New Street View added by Luke Harden
- April 28, 2014: Updated by Michael Quiet: Added history & dimensions
- September 11, 2013: Updated by Alexander D. Mitchell IV: Corrected map
- October 26, 2011: Added by Jason Smith
Sources
- Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
- HAER NH-39 - Clark's Bridge, Spanning Pemigewasset River at Clark's Trading Post, Lincoln, Grafton, NH
- Alexander D. Mitchell IV
- Michael Quiet - mquiet [at] gmail [dot] com
- Luke
- Mike Garland - Rapier342 [at] comcast [dot] net
- Richard Doody