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Pier Covered Bridge
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Description
One of two remaining Railroad covered bridges in the vicinity (Wright's is the other)over the Sugar River. Built in 1907 to replaced an earlier bridge.Facts
- Overview
- Lattice through truss bridge over Sugar River on Sugar River Trail
- Location
- Newport, Sullivan County, New Hampshire
- Status
- Open to pedestrians
- Future prospects
- Preserved for Rail-trail usage
- History
- Built in 1907 by the Boston & Maine Railroad to replace an earlier covered bridge.
- Builder
- - Jonathan Parker Snow (Engineer)
- Design
- Double Lattice (2 trusses side-by-side)
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 103.0 ft.
Total length: 216.5 ft.
Deck width: 15.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 21.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
- Also called
- Chandler Station Covered Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +43.36195, -72.24107 (decimal degrees)
43°21'43" N, 72°14'28" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/723556/4804707 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Newport
- Inventory number
- BH 50594 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
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