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Smiths Crossing Bridge

Belknap County, New Hampshire

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Facts 

Overview
Wooden bridge over New England Southern/Plymouth & Lincoln RR on Smiths Crossing in New Hampton
Location
Belknap County, New Hampshire
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1940
Railroad
- Boston & Maine Railroad (BM)
Design
Timber stringer
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 33.1 ft.
Total length: 82.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.4 ft.
Also called
B&M White Mountain Division Bridge 43.76
B&M White Mountain Division Bridge 41
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.68782, -71.59597   (decimal degrees)
43°41'16" N, 71°35'45" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
19/290779/4840475 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Holderness
Inventory number
BH 24813 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of May 2013)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 18.3 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Beam (16,946)
Belknap County, New Hampshire (35)
Boston & Maine Railroad (415)
Built 1940 (1,116)
Built during 1940s (4,249)
New Hampshire (722)
One-lane traffic (7,921)
 Open (41,013)
Owned by state (16,591)
Span length 25-50 feet (16,274)
Structurally deficient (12,823)
Timber stringer (4,339)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,849)
Wooden deck (6,173)

Update Log 

  • June 27, 2015: Updated by Ian Martin: fixed coordinates

Sources 

  • Ian Martin
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Smiths Crossing Bridge
Posted June 27, 2015, by Don Morrison

Bing maps shows it as Jackson Pond Road, and the Bing imagery has less dense foliage.

Smiths Crossing Bridge
Posted June 27, 2015, by Ian Martin

Pin was in a weird spot; I moved it to the correct location. The road doesn't show up on Google Maps but does show up on topo maps prior to the 1980s. It does look like the bridge is still there if you really look closely at the satellite imagery.