Janice Peaslee Bridge

Janice Peaslee Bridge
Coordinates 44°39′6.69″N 71°33′45″W / 44.6518583°N 71.56250°W / 44.6518583; -71.56250Coordinates: 44°39′6.69″N 71°33′45″W / 44.6518583°N 71.56250°W / 44.6518583; -71.56250
Carries Pedestrian and vehicular traffic
Crosses Connecticut River
Locale Stratford, New Hampshire to Maidstone, Vermont
Characteristics
Design Pin-connected steel & wrought iron Pratt through truss bridge[1]
Load limit 20 tons
History
Opened 1893, 2005
Closed 1990[2]
Janice Peaslee Bridge
Location in New Hampshire

The Janice Peaslee Bridge (formerly known as the Maidstone-Stratford Hollow Bridge[3]) is a pin-connected steel & wrought iron Pratt through truss bridge crossing the Connecticut River between Stratford, New Hampshire and Maidstone, Vermont.

History and construction

The bridge was originally completed in 1893 by the Berlin Iron Bridge Company, East Berlin, Connecticut. It was closed "temporarily" in 1990 for safety reasons.[2] Due to the perseverance of Vermont State Representative Janice L. Peaslee, it underwent a total rebuild which was completed in 2005.

In order to facilitate reconstruction of the abutments, the bridge was placed on land for repairs while the foundations were rebuilt and a new approach was created.

Since the bridge was resurrected as a result of Janice Peaslee's efforts, the bridge was renamed in her honor in 2006.

See also

References

  1. ↑ See the "new maker's mark" sign
  2. 1 2 Nashua Telegraph article
  3. ↑ New Hampshire law renaming the Bridge


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