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Inventory Number: NH/29-07-60x
County: Merrimack County
Township: Hooksett
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Village
Crosses: Merrimack River
Truss type: Town
Spans: 3
Length:
Roadway Width:
Built: 1859
Builder: John C. Briggs
When Lost: 1909
Cause: Replaced
Latitude: N43 05.78
Longitude: W071 27.82
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Directions: At Hooksett village.

Village Bridge, Hooksett, Merrimack County, NH (1858-1905)
Richard E. Roy Collection

Hooksett Village railroad (front) & roadway (back) bridges, Hooksett, NH
Richard E. Roy Collection

Village Bridge, Hooksett, Merrimack County, NH Built 1859 Replaced 1909
Theodore Burr Covered Bridge Resource Center Collection

Comments:
The first bridge at this location was built in 1805 and burned on September 30, 1857 along with the first wooden railroad bridge (built c1842) and the General Store of Joseph T. Goss. "Hooksett Historical Sketches" states that this first bridge was covered although in 1805 that would have been unlikely. The replacement bridge was destroyed by an ice freshet on March 20, 1859. The third bridge stood until replaced with a steel structure in 1909.

Sources:
Selectmen of Hooksett. Historical Hooksett Sketches 1822-1968, 1969, pages 36-38
National Society For the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Covered Bridge Topics, Volume XXV, No. 2, July 1967, page 8

Compilation 2026 Covered Spans of Yesteryear

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