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Wright's Bridge

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Built
  
1906 (1906)

NRHP Reference #
  
75000135

Area
  
4,000 mĀ²

Added to NRHP
  
10 June 1975

Architectural style
  
Town-Lattice Truss

Opened
  
1906

Body of water
  
Sugar River

Nearest city
  
Newport

Wright's Bridge

Similar
  
Pier Bridge, Waterloo Covered Bridge, Hancockā€‘Greenfield Bridge, Contoocook Railroad Bridge, Cold River Bridge

Wright s bridge


Wright's Bridge is a historic covered bridge in Newport, New Hampshire. Originally built in 1906 to carry the Boston and Maine Railroad across the Sugar River, it now carries the multi-use Sugar River Trail, which was built on the abandoned right-of-way. The bridge is located about 1,200 feet (370 m) west of the trail's intersection with Chandler Mill Road in western Newport. The bridge is a single-span Town double-lattice truss structure which has been reinforced by laminated arches. The bridge spans 122 feet (37 m), with 6 feet (1.8 m) of overhang at each end, and rests on granite abutments. It is named for S. K. Wright, who sold this portion of the railroad right-of-way in 1871.

The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

References

Wright's Bridge Wikipedia