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BM - Connecticut River Bridge (1882)

Windham County, Vermont, and Cheshire County, New Hampshire

Photos 

Photo provided by Keene Library & Historical Society of Chesire County

View this photo on Flickr

BH Photo #269820

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Lattice through truss bridge over Connecticut River on Boston & Maine Railroad
Location
Bellows Falls, Windham County, Vermont, and Cheshire County, New Hampshire
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1882; Replaced 1930
Railroads
- Boston & Maine Railroad (BM)
- Sullivan Railroad
Design
Lattice through truss
Also called
Sullivan - Connecticut River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.13779, -72.44638   (decimal degrees)
43°08'16" N, 72°26'47" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/707680/4779282 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Bellows Falls
Inventory number
BH 58741 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (9,637)
Bellows Falls, Vermont (16)
Boston & Maine Railroad (427)
Built 1882 (185)
Built during 1880s (2,394)
Cheshire County, New Hampshire (81)
Connecticut River (118)
Lattice through truss (790)
Lattice truss (827)
Lost (31,836)
Lost 1930 (161)
Lost during 1930s (1,277)
 New Hampshire (783)
Owned by railroad (14,158)
Pin-connected (5,431)
Railroad (17,015)
Replaced by new bridge (21,712)
State line crossing (967)
Sullivan Railroad (2)
Through truss (19,047)
Truss (38,339)
Vermont (760)
Windham County, Vermont (118)

Update Log 

  • December 22, 2022: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • July 14, 2022: New photos from Chester Gehman
  • November 2, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • November 8, 2013: Added by Luke Harden

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • Chester Gehman - gehmanc2000 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Luke
  • Geoff Hubbs

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