List of crossings of the Merrimack River explained

This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Merrimack River from its mouth in the Gulf of Maine at Newburyport, Massachusetts, upstream to its source at the merger of two rivers in Franklin, New Hampshire. Some pedestrian bridges and abandoned bridges are also listed.

Crossings

CrossingCarriesLocationBuiltCoordinatesReferences

Massachusetts

Gillis Memorial BridgeNewburyport and Salisbury42.8161°N -70.8734°W
Newburyport Railroad BridgeNewburyport Railroad42.8159°N -70.8729°W[1]
Chain BridgeSpofford Street (south bank to Deer Island)Newburyport and Amesbury42.8337°N -70.9068°W
Derek S. Hines Memorial BridgeSpofford Street (north bank to Deer Island)42.8354°N -70.9075°W
John Greenleaf Whittier Bridge2019 (Replaces bridge built in 1951)42.8345°N -70.9117°W[2]
Rocks Village BridgeEast Main StreetHaverhill and West Newbury42.8107°N -70.9999°W
Bates BridgeGroveland StreetHaverhill and Groveland42.7639°N -71.0341°W
Basiliere Bridge (Main Street / South Main Street)Haverhill42.7737°N -71.0762°W[3]
MBTA Commuter Rail

Haverhill Line

42.771°N -71.0862°W
Joseph C. Comeau BridgeRailroad Avenue42.7706°N -71.087°W
Antonio Franciosa Memorial Bridge42.7544°N -71.1273°W
O'Reilly Memorial BridgeLawrence and North Andover42.7066°N -71.1386°W
Duck BridgeSouth Union StreetLawrence42.7043°N -71.1534°W
Joseph W. Casey BridgeParker Street42.7035°N -71.1604°W
E.F. O'Leary Bridge42.7012°N -71.1655°W
Merrimack-Methuen BridgeMethuen and Andover42.7005°N -71.2098°W
Hunts Falls BridgeLowell195942.6469°N -71.2993°W
John E. Cox Memorial BridgeBridge Street1937 (Crossing dates to 1830s[4])42.6481°N -71.3052°W[5]
Ouellette Memorial BridgeAiken Street / Aiken Avenue188342.6547°N -71.3154°W[6]
Richard P. Howe BridgeUniversity Avenue201342.6516°N -71.3248°W
O'Donnell BridgeSchool Street / Mammoth Rd2005 (Rebuilt from a bridge built in 1917, crossing dates to 1792[7])42.6495°N -71.3306°W[8]
Rourke BridgeWood Street198342.6385°N -71.3568°WThe bridge is a "temporary" structure, but it might be replaced by a permanent structure soon.
Tyngsborough BridgeTyngsborough1932, Rebuilt 197542.676°N -71.4212°W

New Hampshire

Sagamore BridgeCircumferential HighwayNashua and Hudson1973 (twinned in 2000)42.7242°N -71.4381°W
WN&R / B&M RR Bridge184742.7581°N -71.7406°W
Taylor Falls Bridge1970 (Taylor Falls/eastbound span) & 1973 (Veterans Memorial/westbound span) 42.7633°N -71.4436°W
Pearl Harbor Memorial BridgeManchester Airport Access Road (Raymond Wieczorek Drive)Bedford and Manchester201142.9133°N -71.4531°W
Queen City BridgeManchester192342.9742°N -71.4719°W
Granite Street Bridge198142.9853°N -71.4697°W
Notre Dame Bridge1988 (twinned in 1990)42.9942°N -71.4694°W
Amoskeag Memorial Bridge197043.0036°N -71.4697°W
Main Street BridgeHooksett197643.0956°N -71.4644°W
Korea Veterans Memorial BridgeConcord199843.1931°N -71.5239°W
World War II Veterans Memorial Bridge196643.2089°N -71.5306°W
Vietnam & Gulf War Veterans Memorial Bridge197843.2194°N -71.5231°W
Sewalls Falls Road Bridge191543.2711°N -71.5647°W
New Hampshire Veterans Memorial BridgePenacook200543.29°N -71.5876°W
Boscawen-Canterbury BridgeBoscawen and Canterbury190743.3176°N -71.6181°WBridge removed in 2014[9]

River source at confluence of the Pemigewasset and Winnipesaukee rivers in Franklin, New Hampshire at 43.4367°N -71.6483°W.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived copy . September 17, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091127131801/http://www.salisburyma.gov/trails/OldEasternMarshTrailSigns.pdf . November 27, 2009 .
  2. Web site: 䩯桮⁇牥敮汥慦⁗桩瑴楥爠䉲楤来. www.mhd.state.ma.us . https://web.archive.org/web/20090912031559/http://www.mhd.state.ma.us//default.asp?pgid=bridge%2Fwhittier&sid=bridgeData . September 12, 2009.
  3. Web site: Projects . September 17, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091007141323/http://www.mhd.state.ma.us/ProjectInfo/Main.asp?ACTION=ViewProject&PROJECT_NO=605107 . October 7, 2009 .
  4. Web site: Archived copy . October 27, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090108133457/http://www.lowellma.gov/depts/dpd/services/planning/neighborhoods/Centralville . January 8, 2009 .
  5. Web site: Projects . September 18, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120217000956/http://www.mhd.state.ma.us/ProjectInfo/Main.asp?ACTION=BridgeInfo&BRIDGE_NO=L15019 . February 17, 2012 .
  6. Web site: Projects . September 18, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120217001006/http://www.mhd.state.ma.us/ProjectInfo/Main.asp?ACTION=BridgeInfo&BRIDGE_NO=L15020 . February 17, 2012 .
  7. Web site: UMass Lowell Library | UMass Lowell.
  8. Web site: Projects . September 18, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120217001035/http://www.mhd.state.ma.us/ProjectInfo/Main.asp?ACTION=BridgeInfo&BRIDGE_NO=L15022 . February 17, 2012 .
  9. News: After 100 years, Canterbury/Boscawen bridge knocked down, removed. Iain Wilson. November 19, 2014. Concord Monitor. July 20, 2015.