The Blair Bridge is a wooden
covered bridge originally built in 1829, that crosses the
Pemigewasset River near
Campton,
New Hampshire, United States. It connects
New Hampshire Route 175 to the east and
U.S. Route 3
U.S. Route 3 (US 3) is a United States highway running from Cambridge, Massachusetts, through New Hampshire, to the Canada–US border near Third Connecticut Lake, where it connects to Quebec Route 257.
Massachusetts Route 3 connects to ...
and
Interstate 93
Interstate 93 (I-93) is an Interstate Highway in the New England states of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont in the United States. Spanning approximately along a north–south axis, it is one of three primary Interstate Highways ...
to the west.
The bridge was damaged during
Tropical Storm Irene The name Irene was used for thirteen cyclones worldwide: 12 tropical and one extratropical. Of the tropical cyclones named Irene, seven were in the Atlantic, two were in the South Pacific, and the Western Pacific, South-West Indian Ocean and Austral ...
on August 28, 2011. After this period, the bridge underwent many structural repairs by master bridgewright Arnold M. Graton and reopened in early 2015, with a weight limit of six tons per vehicle—twice as much as the old limit of three tons. As with many covered bridges, it is only wide enough for one lane of traffic; opposing traffic must wait until the bridge has cleared.
See also
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List of New Hampshire covered bridges
This is a list of New Hampshire covered bridges, old, new, and restored. There are 58 historic wooden covered bridges currently standing and assigned official numbers by the U.S. state of New Hampshire. There are additional covered bridges extant ...
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New Hampshire Historical Marker No. 196: Blair Bridge
References
External links
"NH Covered Bridges - Blair Bridge #41" NewHampshire.com
New Hampshire Covered Bridges from the New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources
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Covered bridges in New Hampshire
Bridges in Grafton County, New Hampshire
Tourist attractions in Grafton County, New Hampshire
Road bridges in New Hampshire
New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places
Wooden bridges in New Hampshire
Long truss bridges in the United States
1829 establishments in New Hampshire
Bridges completed in 1829
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