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Middlesex
County, Massachussets
(WGN
21-09-06) (WGCB MA-09-06): (1971) (Private) A single-span
Town lattice truss 75' over Mulpus Brook.
Located:
Shirley, Massachusetts behind the Bull Run Restaurant. Directions:
From US-3, Exit 35, just south of the New Hampshire border in Massachusetts,
take SR 113 (Kendall Road) West 0.7 mile to left on SR 113 (Main
Street) 1.7 miles to left on SR 113 (Pleasant Street) 2.9 miles when SR
113 becomes Pleasant Street. Continue on Pleasant Street (SR 113)
2.9 miles where SR 113 becomes Lowell Road. Continue on Lowell Road
(SR 113) 1.7 miles to left (west) on Tarbell Street (SR 113) 0.4 mile to
right on Groton Street (SR 113) 98 yards to left onto Main Street (SR 113)
0.8 mile to roundabout. At roundabout, take the second exit 54 yards;
Exit roundabout onto SR 111 [River Road] 2.7 miles; turn left (South-East)
onto SR 119 [South Street] 0.5 miles; Continue (South-East) on SR 119 [N
Main Street] 0.1 mile; bear left (East) onto SR 111 [SR 119] 1.3 miles;
bear right (South) onto SR 111 [Pleasant Street] 54 yards; turn right (West)
onto SR 111 [SR 225] 0.6 miles; bear left (South) onto SR 111 [Farmers
Row] 1.9 miles; Continue (South-West) on SR 111 [Groton School Road] 0.9
mile; turn right (West) onto SR 2A [Fitchburg Road] 2.9 miles; Arrive Bull
Run Restaurant [215 Great Road, Shirley, Massachusetts]. Bridge is
located behind the Restaurant. It features a pedestrian walkway on one side with vertical unpainted boards half way up on both the inside and outside of the walkway. The other side is not covered exposing the Town lattice truss. The portals are also covered with unpainted vertical boards. It has a wooden deck and wood shake roof. A plaque on the bridges portal states "This bridge built without state or federal funds." Also known
as the Bull Run Covered Bridge. (Sep 2004) |
