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Newburyport Suspension Bridge

Essex-Merrimack Suspension Bridge
Completed in: 1810
Status: demolished (1913)
Location: Deer Island, Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Crossed: Merrimack River
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Structural Type:
Chain suspension bridge
Function / usage:
Road bridge
Replaces: Newburyport Bridge (1792)
Replaced by: Newburyport Chain Bridge (1909)

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Builder Samuel Carr
  John Templeman

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
chains  wrought iron
deck flooring  wood
Dimensions
  width 10.4 m
  span 74.4 m

Chronology
1827
An ox-drawn wagon damages the bridge, though it is rebuilt according to the original design.

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External LinkEOT: Chain Bridge English

Relevant Literature
* Jackson, Donald C.   Great American Bridges and Dams, John Wiley & Sons, New York (USA) , ISBN 0471143855, 1984; pp. 321.
* Kranakis, Eda   Constructing A Bridge, The MIT Press, Cambridge (USA) , ISBN 0262112175, 1997; pp. 63.

 
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