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Hillsborough
County, New Hampshire
(WGN
29-06-P1) (WGCB NH-06-P1): (c.
1930) A single-span boxed pony Town lattice truss 25' over Blood
Brook. Located: West south west of Wilton, New Hampshire,
on an abandoned section of Russell Hill Road. Directions: 0.8
mile west of jct. SR 31 and SR 101 (South on on SR 101, then just left.)
A plaque on the bridge states "Evidence suggests there was a bridge on
this site since the mid 1700's. In the mid 1800's the bridge was
washed out and replaced with a boxed pony truss style wooden bridge, similar
in structure to a covered bridge. By 1930 this bridge was completely
rebuilt, using new materials but following the old design. It is
now only one of two bridges of its style still standing in Hillsborough
County." As of May 18, 2006, all attempts to locate the second boxed
pony bridge have been unsuccessful. That structure is probably no
longer standing. The portals and sides are covered with barn red
painted vertical boards and the Town lattice truss tops are capped with
tin. It has a horizontal wood floor. There are stone wingwalls
on the side furthest from SR 101 and it rests on four stone and concrete
columns set into a concrete base. The bridge has been bypassed and
was closed to motor traffic when Russell Hill Road was realigned to provide
a safer access to SR 101. Also known as the Old Russell
Hill Bridge. (May 2006) |
