3 mi. W of Newport on Chandler Rd. over Sugar River, Newport, New Hampshire. County/parish: Sullivan.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 10, 1975. NRIS 75000134.
1 contributing structure.Also known as:
The Pier Bridge is a historic covered bridge in Newport, New Hampshire. Originally built in 1907 to carry the Boston and Maine Railroad across the Sugar River, it now carries the multi-use Sugar River Trail, which was built on the abandoned right-of-way. It is one of a modest number of historic covered bridges in New Hampshire, and is named for the fact that it has a central pier. The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77845759