Cheshire Bridge (Connecticut River)
Cheshire Bridge | |
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 1930 Cheshire Bridge over the Connecticut River | |
| Coordinates | 43°15′38″N 72°25′38″W / 43.260452°N 72.427319°W |
| Carries | 2 lanes of roadway trains (until 1984) |
| Crosses | Connecticut River |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | three-span Pennsylvania truss |
| Total length | 489 feet (149 m) |
| History | |
| Constructed by | McClintic-Marshall Co. |
| Construction end | 1806, 1906, 1930 |
| Construction cost | US$225,000 (US$4,100,000 with inflation[1]) |
| Opened | 1930 |
| Statistics | |
| Toll | none since 2001 |
| Location | |
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The Cheshire Bridge spans the Connecticut River between Charlestown, New Hampshire and Springfield, Vermont.[2][3]
History[edit]
The first bridge at this location was completed in 1806 by the Cheshire Bridge Co.[4] and was described as a Town lattice covered toll bridge, a wooden covered bridge. In 1897 the bridge was purchased by the Springfield Electric Railway.
In 1906 the old bridge was replaced by the Iron Bridge Co., at a cost of US$65,000 (US$2,200,000 with inflation[1]).[5] It was a three-span steel Pratt truss bridge, which had a 600-foot (180 m) span and a 20-foot (6.1 m)-wide roadway. Vehicles ran both ways, and also freight and passenger cars. In 1930 the bridge was replaced by the McClintic-Marshall Co. of Pittsburgh, PA at a cost of US$225,000 (US$4,100,000 with inflation[1]).[6] It is a three-span Pennsylvania truss that is 489 feet (149 m) feet long.
The bridge was purchased by the state of New Hampshire in 1992. Tolls were collected until 2001.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
- ^ "Cheshire Bridge". Bridgehunter.com. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- ^ John Farmer; Jacob Bailey Moore (1823). A gazetteer of the state of New-Hampshire, by J. Farmer and J.B. Moore. pp. 94–.
- ^ Henry Hamilton Saunderson (1876). History of Charlestown, New Hampshire: The Old No. 4, Embracing the Part Borne by Its Inhabitants in the Indian, French and Revolutionary Wars, and the Vermont Controversy; Also Genealogies and Sketches of Families, from Its Settlement to 1876. Claremont Manufacturing Company. pp. 685–.
- ^ "Cheshire Bridge". Connecticut River Bridges.
- ^ Glenn A. Knoblock (25 January 2012). Historic Iron and Steel Bridges in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. McFarland. pp. 182–. ISBN 978-0-7864-8699-1.
- ^ "New Hampshire Eliminates Connecticut River Toll". Trucking Info.
External links[edit]
Crossings of the Connecticut River | ||||
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- Bridges in Sullivan County, New Hampshire
- Railroad bridges in Vermont
- Railroad bridges in New Hampshire
- Charlestown, New Hampshire
- Buildings and structures in Springfield, Vermont
- Bridges over the Connecticut River
- Bridges in Windsor County, Vermont
- Former toll bridges in New Hampshire
- Former toll bridges in Vermont
- Steel bridges in the United States
- Pennsylvania truss bridges in the United States
- Road bridges in Vermont
- Road bridges in New Hampshire
- Interstate vehicle bridges in the United States
- 1930 establishments in New Hampshire
- 1930 establishments in Vermont