Built 1901 (1901) NRHP Reference # 75000125 Opened 1901 Body of water Piscataquog River | Architectural style Town-Pratt truss Address Goffstown, NH 03045, USA Area 2,000 m² Added to NRHP 18 June 1975 | |
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Location NH 114 (Main St.) over Piscataquog River, Goffstown, New Hampshire | ||
The Goffstown Covered Railroad Bridge was a rare railroad covered bridge in Goffstown, New Hampshire. It was built in 1901 by the Boston and Maine Railroad, on the site of an earlier bridge built in 1850 by the New Hampshire Central Railroad, and carried its tracks across the Piscataquog River in the center of Goffstown. The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975, and destroyed by arson in 1976.
The bridge was a single span Pratt truss structure with a clear span of 117 feet (36 m), resting on granite slab abutments that had been capped in concrete. Laminated arches were also added to its structure to add strength.
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