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Hillsborough
County, New Hampshire
(WGN
29-06-P1) (WGCB NH-06-P1): (c.
1930) A single-span boxed pony
Town lattice truss 52' 3" over Blood Brook. Located: West south west of Wilton, New Hampshire, on an abandoned section of Russell Hill Road.
Directions: 0.8 mile west of jct. SR 31 and SR 101 (South on on SR 101, then just left.) A plaque on the bridge states "Evidence suggests there
was a bridge on this site since the mid 1700's. In the mid 1800's the bridge was washed out and replaced with a boxed pony truss style wooden
bridge, similar in structure to a covered bridge. By 1930 this bridge was completely rebuilt, using new materials but following the old design. It is
now only one of two bridges of its style still standing in Hillsborough County." As of May 18, 2006, all attempts to locate the second boxed pony
bridge have been unsuccessful. That structure is probably no longer standing. Rebuilt and substantially repaired in 1937 at a cost of $3502.16.
Because the bridge formed a dangerous "T" intersection with State Route 101, the bridge was bypassed when Russell Hill Road was rerouted to a
new crossing substantially downstream. The new steel and concrete bridge permits emergency vehicles easier access to a new development
project along Russell Road without replacement or substantial alteration of the Bridge. The structure rests on irregular granite blocks. Granite faced
concrete wings dating to the 1990s project from the old abutments and support the bottom chords. The portals and sides are covered with barn
red painted vertical boards and the Town lattice truss tops are capped with tin. It has a horizontal wood floor. The bridge has been bypassed and
was closed to motor traffic when Russell Hill Road was realigned to provide a safer access to SR 101. Also known as the Livermore Bridge, the
Old Russell Hill Bridge, the Blood Brook Bridge and the Red Bridge. (May 2006) |
