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County Farm Bridge (Wilton, New Hampshire)

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Built
  
1885

NRHP Reference #
  
81000070

Area
  
3,642 m²

Nearest city
  
Wilton

Architect
  
Ward Bros.

Opened
  
1885

Added to NRHP
  
14 May 1981

County Farm Bridge (Wilton, New Hampshire)

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The County Farm Bridge is a historic stone arch bridge in Wilton, New Hampshire. Built in 1885, it carries Old County Farm over Whiting Brook, just south of its northern junction with Burton Highway in a rural section of northwestern Wilton. Old County Farm Road was the main access road to the Hillsborough County Poor Farm, and is now an unmaintained class 6 road. The bridge consists of a single stone arch with a span just under 18 feet (5.5 m). It is lined with cut granite voussoirs which were quarried in Wilton. The arch begins on land 7 feet (2.1 m) above the water, and the arch rises to a height of 15'10" above the typical water level. The arch is embedded in a causeway which is 430 feet (130 m) long.

The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.

References

County Farm Bridge (Wilton, New Hampshire) Wikipedia