Mechanic Street Covered Bridge, Coos County, New Hampshire
Photograph: Sandy Puckett
The Mechanic Street Bridge is a Paddleford truss covered bridge spanning the Israel River in Lancaster, Coos County, New Hampshire. Constructed in 1862, it exemplifies the bridge truss design developed in the 1840s by Peter Paddleford of Littleton, New Hampshire, featuring a multiple kingpost truss with long counterbraces for load distribution.
- County
- Coos
- State
- New Hampshire
- Crosses
- Israel River
- Built
- 1862
- Truss
- Paddleford
- Length
- 94'
- Spans
- 1
- World Guide Number
- 29-04-06
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