Cheshire Bridge (Connecticut River)
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The Cheshire Bridge spans the Connecticut River between Charlestown, New Hampshire and Springfield, Vermont.[2][3]
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Cheshire Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 43.260452°N 72.427319°W / 43.260452; -72.427319 |
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 |
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