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The Annisquam Bridge is a historic bridge in
Annisquam Annisquam is a waterfront village in the Gloucester, Massachusetts, city of Gloucester, on the North Shore (Massachusetts), North Shore of Massachusetts. It is a few miles across Cape Ann from downtown Gloucester. History The name "Annisquam" come ...
,
Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...
, a village within the city of
Gloucester Gloucester ( ) is a cathedral city and the county town of Gloucestershire in the South West of England. Gloucester lies on the River Severn, between the Cotswolds to the east and the Forest of Dean to the west, east of Monmouth and east ...
. The bridge was built in 1861 to replace an earlier 1847 bridge that crossed Lobster Cove. It is a wooden pile bridge, a type of which only two others were found in
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as part of a c. 1979 survey. The bridge is long and wide, and had a drawbridge section in the center that was moved by a hand-cranked winch. The bridge has repeatedly been the subject of safety closings and restorative work over the course of the 20th century, and was completely rebuilt in 1946–7, removing the draw. Despite this, it was closed to vehicular traffic in 1968, and pedestrian traffic in 1987. The bridge has since been rehabilitated, and is open to pedestrian traffic. The bridge was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1983.


See also

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List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Massachusetts __NOTOC__ This is a list of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. Bridges References External links {{HAER list, structure=bridge *List *List Massachusetts Massachusetts ...


References

Annisquam Bridge Showing Annisquam, MA.jpg, View of the bridge in 1909 GloucesterMA AnnisquamBridge2012.jpg, The bridge in 2012


External links

* Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Bridges completed in 1861 Bridges in Essex County, Massachusetts Buildings and structures in Gloucester, Massachusetts Historic American Engineering Record in Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places in Essex County, Massachusetts 1861 establishments in Massachusetts Wooden bridges in the United States {{Massachusetts-bridge-struct-stub