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Hancock–Greenfield Bridge

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48: 532: 276:(8.28 m) wide, with an internal clearance of 14 feet (4.3 m). The road bed is 20 feet (6.1 m) wide and carries two lanes of traffic. The bridge's roof is sheathed in asphalt, and its walls are finished in vertical board siding. The vertical load-bearing trusses are joined by a latticework web at both the ceiling and floor, effectively making the structure into a single box truss. The roadway is asphalt laid on horizontally placed timbers. All of its major interconnection points are reinforced by steel gussets, and crossing and connection points of the trusses are made with steel pins. 69: 94: 333: 303: 101: 76: 438: 275:
The Hancock–Greenfield Bridge carries Forest Road (historically known as Old County Road) over the Contoocook River, which forms the border between eastern Hancock and northwestern Greenfield. It is a single-span Teco–Pratt timber truss, 88 feet (27 m) long and 27 feet 2 inches
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Hancock–Greenfield Bridge, Spanning Contoocook River, Forest Road (formerly Old County Road), Hancock, Hillsborough County, NH
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covered bridge built in 1852. That structure was extensively damaged by flooding in 1936. The Timber Engineering Company of
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Contoocook River
Hancock–Greenfield Bridge is located in New Hampshire
Hancock–Greenfield Bridge is located in the United States
Contoocook River
Greenfield
Hancock, New Hampshire
42°57′24″N 71°56′5″W / 42.95667°N 71.93472°W / 42.95667; -71.93472
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covered bridge
Contoocook River
Hancock
Greenfield, New Hampshire
New Hampshire Department of Transportation
National Register of Historic Places
Long-truss
Washington, DC
World War II
New Hampshire portal
List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in New Hampshire
List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in New Hampshire
List of New Hampshire covered bridges
Hancock-Greenfield Bridge, 2022
National Register of Historic Places listings in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service

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