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Baker River Bridge

Grafton County, New Hampshire

Photos 

Baker River Bridge pano2

Looking South

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in May 2015

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BH Photo #325031

Map 

Description 

Baker River crossing on a snowmobile trail following the former B&M Concord-St. Johnsbury,VT route. The construction is much too light to be a former railroad bridge and it was likely installed here for the trail.

Facts 

Overview
Warren deck truss with alternating verticals bridge over Baker River on Snowmobile Trail (former Boston & Maine railroad grade)
Location
Rumney, Grafton County, New Hampshire
Status
Open to traffic
Design
Warren deck truss with alternating verticals
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.79078, -71.79091   (decimal degrees)
43°47'27" N, 71°47'27" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
19/275452/4852422 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Rumney
Inventory number
BH 64870 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Deck truss (2,050)
Grafton County, New Hampshire (173)
New Hampshire (783)
Open (41,451)
Rail-to-trail (1,676)
Rumney, New Hampshire (2)
 Truss (38,324)
Warren deck truss (691)
Warren deck truss with alternating verticals (90)
Warren truss (7,182)
Wooden deck (6,262)

Update Log 

  • May 22, 2015: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
  • December 20, 2014: Added by Ian Martin

Sources 

  • Ian Martin
  • Flickr - Photo
  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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