Spans Contoocook River SW of NH 149, Hillsborough, New Hampshire. County/parish: Hillsborough.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 10, 1975. NRIS 75000126.
1 contributing structure.Also known as:
The Hillsborough Railroad Bridge was a historic covered railroad bridge spanning the Contoocook River in Hillsborough, New Hampshire. Built in 1903 by the Boston and Maine Railroad, it was destroyed by arson in 1985. The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. At the time of its nomination it was one of six covered railroad bridges in the state; it and at least one other (the Goffstown Covered Railroad Bridge) were destroyed by the actions of arsonists.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77845223