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Moose Falls Bridge

Coos County, New Hampshire

Photo 

Moose Falls Bridge

Elevation

Photo taken by Wikimedia Commons user Denimadept in August 2007

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

View this photo at Wikimedia Commons

BH Photo #476860

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Description 

This small bridge is noteworthy for being the northernmost bridge on the Connecticut River and for its unusual design that appears to be a combination of a culvert, tee beam, and stringer bridge. It is not known which of these three most accurately describes the function of the single-span bridge.

Facts 

Overview
Concrete bridge over Connecticut River on Daniel Webster Highway (US 3)
Location
Coos County, New Hampshire
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1961
Design
The exact design of the bridge is unclear - from appearance the bridge may function as a large culvert, a tee beam bridge, or a concrete stringer bridge.
Dimensions
Span length: 24.0 ft.
Total length: 24.0 ft.
Also called
Deer Mountain Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+45.18969, -71.19015   (decimal degrees)
45°11'23" N, 71°11'25" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
19/327953/5006356 (zone/easting/northing)
Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
84
Inventory number
BH 90033 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of June 2018)
Overall condition: Fair
Sufficiency rating: 83.7 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Beam (16,247)
Built 1961 (231)
Built during 1960s (2,071)
Concrete (88)
Concrete stringer (833)
Concrete tee beam (3,222)
Connecticut River (99)
Coos County, New Hampshire (63)
 Culvert (1,396)
New Hampshire (693)
Open (40,265)
Owned by state (16,239)
Span length under 25 feet (6,960)
Tee beam (18)
Total length under 25 feet (2,540)
US 3 (13)

Update Log 

  • July 22, 2020: New photo from Nick Boppel

Sources 

  • Nick Boppel - nickboppel01 [at] gmail [dot] com

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