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Wright Railroad, Sullivan County

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Inventory Number: NH/29-10-04#2
State of New Hampshire Number: 58
County: Sullivan County
Township: Newport
Town/Village: Kelleyville
Bridge Name: Wright Railroad
Crosses: Sugar River
Truss type: Town (Double) & Arch
Spans: 1
Length: 124'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1906
Builder: Boston & Maine Railroad
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N43 21.537
Longitude: W072 15.546
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 2.9 miles west of jct NH10 and Newport on NH11/103, then 1.9 miles left on Chandler Rd. to right-of-way access on north side of road, walk 0.3 miles west on rail trail. West of Kelleyville.

Wright Railroad Bridge, Newport, Sullivan County, NH Built 1905
Richard E. Roy Collection

Wright Railroad Bridge, Newport, Sullivan County, NH Built 1905
Bill Caswell Collection

Wright Railroad Bridge, Newport, Sullivan County, NH Built 1905
Bill Caswell Photo (2002)

Wright Railroad Bridge, Newport, Sullivan County, NH Built 1905
Bill Caswell Photo, April 5, 2010

Comments:
Boston & Maine Railroad #178. The bridge was built in 1906 by the Bridge and Building Department of the Boston and Maine Railroad. It replaced a wooden bridge built by the Sugar River Railroad in 1871 and 1872. The Sugar River line merged with the Concord and Claremont Railroad in 1873. The Concord and Claremont Railroad was especially well known for its use of the double Town/Pratt lattice truss. In 1915, there were 15 such bridges on the rail line. The bridge is named for S.K. Wright who sold the right-of-way to the Sugar River Railroad. The Wright's Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Sources:
Marshall, Richard G.. New Hampshire Covered Bridges : A Link With Our Past, 1994, page 101
National Society For the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Covered Bridge Topics, Volume XV, No. 2, July 1957, page 3
Knoblock, Glenn A.. New Hampshire Covered Bridges, 2002, page 40
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 53
Chandler, Kim Varney. Covered Bridges of New Hampshire, 2022, Pages 208-212

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