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Cheshire Bridge (Connecticut River)

Cheshire Bridge
1930 Cheshire Bridge over the Connecticut River
1930 Cheshire Bridge over the Connecticut River
Coordinates43°15′38″N 72°25′38″W / 43.260452°N 72.427319°W / 43.260452; -72.427319
Carries2 lanes of roadway
trains (until 1984)
CrossesConnecticut River
Characteristics
Designthree-span Pennsylvania truss
Total length489 feet (149 m)
History
Constructed byMcClintic-Marshall Co.
Construction end1806, 1906, 1930
Construction costUS$225,000 (US$4,100,000 with inflation[1])
Opened1930
Statistics
Tollnone since 2001
Location
Map

The Cheshire Bridge spans the Connecticut River between Charlestown, New Hampshire, and Springfield, Vermont.[2][3]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Cheshire Bridge". Bridgehunter.com. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  3. ^ John Farmer; Jacob Bailey Moore (1823). A gazetteer of the state of New-Hampshire, by J. Farmer and J.B. Moore. pp. 94–.

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