Pittsburg–Clarksville Covered Bridge

Bridge in New Hampshire to Clarksville, New Hampshire

Pittsburg–Clarksville Covered Bridge

Coordinates| 45°03′16″N 71°24′25″W﻿ / ﻿45.05444°N 71.40694°W﻿ / 45.05444; -71.40694
Crosses| Connecticut River
Locale| Pittsburg, New Hampshire to Clarksville, New Hampshire
Maintained by| towns of Pittsburg and Clarksville
ID number| 29-04-03 (NH #34)
Characteristics
Design| Paddleford truss with added arches[1]
Total length| 88.5 ft (27.0 m)
Width| 19.25 ft (5.9 m) (maximum); 15 ft (4.6 m) (roadway)
Longest span| 70 ft (21.3 m)
Clearance above| 12.83 ft (3.911 m)
History
Construction end| around 1876
Closed| 1981
Location

The Pittsburg–Clarksville Covered Bridge (also known as the Bacon Road Bridge) is a wooden Paddleford truss bridge with added arches over the Connecticut River located between Pittsburg and Clarksville, New Hampshire. It was closed to traffic in 1981. The bridge is the northernmost covered bridge crossing the Connecticut River.

## History

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It was rehabilitated in 1974 at a cost of $6,700 which was shared by the towns of Pittsburg and Clarksville, and the state.

## See also

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* List of crossings of the Connecticut River

## References

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1. ^ Official New Hampshire site about this bridge

## External links

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* Pittsburg-Clarksville Bridge at Structurae

Crossings of the Connecticut River

| Upstream
NH Route 145 Bridge
| Pittsburg–Clarksville Covered Bridge
| Downstream
US Route 3

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Connecticut River watershed

Tributaries|

| Connecticut|

* Blackledge River
* Coginchaug River
* Connecticut River
* Duck River
* Eightmile River
* Falls River
* Farmington River
* Hockanum River
* Hubbard River
* Jeremy River
* Lieutenant River
* Mattabesset River
* Nepaug River
* Pameacha Creek
* Park River
* Pequabuck River
* Salmon River
* Scantic River

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Massachusetts|

* Burnshirt River
* Chapel Brook
* Chicopee River
* Connecticut River
* Cranberry River
* Deerfield River
* East Brookfield River
* Farmington River
* Fall River
* Five Mile River
* Green River
* Hubbard River
* Manhan River
* Mill River (Northampton)
* Mill River (Springfield)
* Millers River
* Mirey Brook
* North Branch Millers River
* North Branch Westfield River
* North River
* Otter River
* Quaboag River
* Scantic River
* Seven Mile River
* Tarbell Brook
* Ware River
* Westfield River

New Hampshire|

* Ammonoosuc River
* Ashuelot River
* Blow-me-down Brook
* The Branch
* Cold River
* Connecticut River
* East Branch Mohawk River
* Gale River
* Great Brook
* Halls Stream
* Ham Branch
* Indian River
* Indian Stream
* Israel River
* Johns River
* Knox River
* Little River
* Little Sugar River
* Mascoma River
* Millers River
* Mink Brook
* Mirey Brook
* Mohawk River
* Nash Stream
* North Branch Gale River
* North Branch Millers River
* North Branch Sugar River
* North Branch Upper Ammonoosuc River
* Oliverian Brook
* Otter Brook
* Partridge Brook
* Perry Stream
* Phillips Brook
* Simms Stream
* South Branch Ashuelot River
* South Branch Gale River
* South Branch Israel River
* South Branch Sugar River
* Stocker Brook
* Sugar River
* Tarbell Brook
* Upper Ammonoosuc River
* West Branch Mohawk River
* West Branch Upper Ammonoosuc River
* Wild Ammonoosuc River
* Zealand River

Vermont|

* Black River
* Connecticut River
* Deerfield River
* Fall River
* Green River
* Halls Stream
* Leach Creek
* Moose River
* Nulhegan River
* Ompompanoosuc River
* Ottauquechee River
* Passumpsic River
* Rock River
* Saxtons River
* Utley Brook
* Waits River
* Wells River
* West River
* Whetstone Brook
* White River
* Williams River
* Winhall River

Lakes|

| Connecticut|

* Barkhamsted Reservoir
* Lake Beseck
* Lake Hayward
* Lake Pocotopaug

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Massachusetts|

* Brooks Pond
* Browning Pond
* Lake Monomonac
* Quabbin Reservoir
* Lake Wyola

New Hampshire|

* Ashuelot Pond
* Back Lake
* Canaan Street Lake
* Cedar Pond
* Christine Lake
* Comerford Reservoir
* Connecticut Lakes
* Crystal Lake
* Dublin Pond
* Eastman Pond
* Echo Lake
* Lake Francis (Murphy Dam)
* Goose Pond
* Grafton Pond
* Granite Lake
* Lakes of the Clouds
* Little Sunapee Lake
* Mascoma Lake
* McIndoes Reservoir
* Lake Monomonac
* Moore Reservoir
* Pearly Lake
* Silver Lake
* Spofford Lake
* Lake Sunapee
* Surry Mountain Lake
* Lake Tarleton

Vermont|

* Ball Mountain Lake
* Comerford Reservoir
* Harriman Reservoir
* Harvey's Lake
* McIndoes Reservoir
* Moore Reservoir
* North Hartland Lake
* Lake Rescue
* Townshend Lake

Towns|

| Connecticut|

* Chester
* Cromwell
* Deep River
* East Haddam
* East Hampton
* East Hartford
* East Windsor
* Enfield
* Essex
* Glastonbury
* Haddam
* Hartford
* Higganum
* Lyme
* Middletown
* Moodus
* Old Lyme
* Old Saybrook
* Portland
* Rocky Hill
* South Windsor
* Suffield
* Thompsonville
* Wethersfield
* Windsor
* Windsor Locks

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Massachusetts|

* Agawam
* Chicopee
* Deerfield
* Easthampton
* Gill
* Greenfield
* Hadley
* Hatfield
* Holyoke
* Longmeadow
* Millers Falls
* Montague
* Northampton
* Northfield
* South Hadley
* Springfield
* Sunderland
* Turners Falls
* West Springfield
* Whately

New Hampshire|

* Bath
* Charlestown
* Chesterfield
* Claremont
* Clarksville
* Colebrook
* Columbia
* Cornish
* Dalton
* Groveton
* Hanover
* Haverhill
* Hinsdale
* Lancaster
* Lebanon
* Littleton
* Lyme
* Monroe
* Northumberland
* Orford
* Piermont
* Pittsburg
* Plainfield
* Stewartstown
* Stratford
* Walpole
* West Lebanon
* Westmoreland
* Woodsville

Quebec|

* East Hereford

Vermont|

* Ascutney
* Barnet
* Beecher Falls
* Bellows Falls
* Bloomfield
* Bradford
* Brattleboro
* Brunswick
* Canaan
* Concord
* Dummerston
* Fairlee
* Gilman
* Guildhall
* Hartford
* Hartland
* Lemington
* Lunenburg
* Maidstone
* Newbury
* Norwich
* Putney
* Rockingham
* Ryegate
* Springfield
* Thetford
* Vernon
* Waterford
* Weathersfield
* Wells River
* Westminster
* White River Junction
* Wilder
* Windsor

Crossings|

* Amtrak Old Saybrook – Old Lyme Bridge
* Arch Bridge
* Bulkeley Bridge
* Calvin Coolidge Bridge
* Canalside Rail Trail Bridge
* Cheshire Bridge
* Columbia Bridge
* Cornish–Windsor Covered Bridge
* Dexter Coffin Bridge
* French King Bridge
* Gill–Montague Bridge
* Hampden County Memorial Bridge
* Janice Peaslee Bridge
* Joseph E. Muller Bridge
* Ledyard Bridge
* Lyme–East Thetford Bridge
* Morey Memorial Bridge
* Mount Orne Covered Bridge
* Norwottuck Rail Trail Bridge
* Piermont Bridge
* Pittsburg–Clarksville Covered Bridge
* Ranger Bridge
* Raymond E. Baldwin Bridge
* Sunderland Bridge
* Vietnam Memorial Bridge
* Wells River Bridge
* Willimansett Bridge

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