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BM - Franklin Covered Bridge
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Reposted from lostbridges.org-Bill Caswell Collection under Fair use-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use
BH Photo #334097
Description
Dimensions are estimates. "Railroad #213. This bridge was built for the Franklin and Tilton Railroad. During the bridge's construction, part was washed away and construction needed to be started over. The first freight train passed over the bridge on December 5, 1890. Its center pier was destroyed by flooding in 1936, making it unsafe for trains. The bridge and that portion of the line were abandoned. Often used by pedestrians, it finally collapsed."-lostbridges.orgFacts
- Overview
- Lost covered bridge over Merrimack River on Boston & Maine Railroad
- Location
- Franklin, Merrimack County, New Hampshire
- Status
- Collapsed
- History
- Built 1890; Center pier lost 1936; Collapsed 1945
- Railroads
- - Boston & Maine Railroad (BM)
- Franklin & Tilton Railroad
- Dimensions
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Total length: 297.0 ft.
- Also called
- BM - Merrimack River Bridge
Franklin & Tilton - Franklin Covered Bridge
Franklin & Tilton - Merrimack River Bridge
Franklin Junction Bridge - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +43.42223, -71.65187 (decimal degrees)
43°25'20" N, 71°39'07" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 19/285332/4811120 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Franklin
- Inventory numbers
- WGCB 29-07-50x (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 68774 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
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