004.Depot Street - Chichester - winnick

004.Depot Street - Chichester

This may be the oldest iron truss in New Hampshire. "Thunder Bridge" carried Depot Street traffic in Chichester over the Suncook River. It was built in 1887 and has likely had numerous periodic restorations. It is fully accessible as a pedestrian walkway, though one end dumps you out onto someone's lawn, so it's not really for through traffic.

The bridge is almost hidden in the foliage along the side of the current Depot Street bridge. Yes, that's my car ahead on the right.
The original approach is a pretty lawn and a shed now.
This is a lenticular through truss. There are at least 2 of these still in NH; the other is in much worse condition.

Here you can see the original roadway.