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Tilton Island Park Bridge

Belknap County, New Hampshire, and Merrimack County, New Hampshire

Photos 

Tilton Island Park Bridge

Looking SW from E. Main St

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in June 2014

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BH Photo #288498

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Truesdell pony truss bridge over Winnipesautee River on Pedestrian Trail
Location
Northfield, Belknap County, New Hampshire, and Merrimack County, New Hampshire
Status
Open to pedestrians
History
Built 1881
Builders
- A.D. Briggs & Co. of Springfield, Massachusetts
- J.R. Smith of Springfield, Massachusetts
Design
Truesdell Truss
Dimensions
Total length: 100.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on March 21, 1980
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.44276, -71.58653   (decimal degrees)
43°26'34" N, 71°35'11" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
19/290692/4813234 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Northfield
Inventory numbers
NRHP 80000268 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 50618 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,755)
A.D. Briggs & Co. (8)
Belknap County, New Hampshire (34)
Built 1881 (141)
Built during 1880s (2,035)
County line crossing (532)
Have street view (27,293)
J.R. Smith (1)
Merrimack County, New Hampshire (96)
NR-listed (2,974)
 New Hampshire (680)
Northfield, New Hampshire (1)
Open to pedestrians (4,318)
Owned by city (5,636)
Pin-connected (3,980)
Pony truss (16,407)
Total length 100-125 feet (5,225)
Truesdell truss (10)
Truss (33,424)
Wrought Iron (405)

Update Log 

  • August 3, 2015: New photo from Royce and Bobette Haley
  • June 12, 2015: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
  • July 15, 2014: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
  • December 19, 2011: Updated by J.P.: added national register info

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
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Comments 

Tilton Island Park Bridge
Posted August 4, 2015, by Gil Graham (ggraham [at] baileybridge [dot] com)

Very interesting design. Think about how they put the camber in it - especially in 1858... I would think all of those bolted/riveted bars must be slightly different lengths.