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Milford Suspension Bridge

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Milford Suspension Bridge

Primary Photographer(s): Bob Dover

Bridge Documented: March 4, 2022

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Facility Carried / Feature Intersected
Bridge Street (Pedestrian Walkway) Over Souhegan River
Location
Milford: Hillsborough County, New Hampshire: United States
Construction Date and Builder / Engineer
1889 By Builder/Contractor: Berlin Iron Bridge Company of East Berlin, Connecticut
Rehabilitation Date
Not Available or Not Applicable
Main Span Length
200.0 Feet (61 Meters)
Structure Length
200.0 Feet (61 Meters)
Roadway Width
Not Available
Spans
1 Main Span(s)
Inventory Number
Not Applicable

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Bridge Documentation

This highly ornate suspension footbridge is one of only two known surviving suspension footbridges in the country built by the famous Berlin Iron Bridge Company. The other is in New York State. Of the two, this one is more ornate, with finials and cresting on the towers.

 

The bridge is locally known as the "Swing Bridge" which is assumed to be a corruption of the term "swinging bridge" which was used to describe suspension bridges (usually but not always for pedestrian use only) that completely lacked (or had very minimal) stiffening trusses/girders and thus tended to sway (or "swing") under the load of traffic. However, calling this bridge a "Swing Bridge" is a little confusing to bridge experts as this term is also used to describe a type of movable bridge. Oddly, as suspension footbridges go, this bridge actually has some decent stiffening truss on it, so it will not swing as much as other swinging bridges.

 

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Above: Historical postcard.

Above: Historical postcard.


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