List of crossings of the Merrimack River

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.

River mouth
River source

Crossings
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Crossing Carries Location Built Coordinates References

Massachusetts

Gillis Memorial Bridge US 1 / Route 1A Newburyport and Salisbury 42°48′57.89″N 70°52′24.29″W
Newburyport Railroad Bridge Newburyport Railroad 42°48′57.40″N 70°52′22.27″W [1]
Chain Bridge Spofford Street (south bank to Deer Island) Newburyport and Amesbury 42°50′1.19″N 70°54′24.53″W
Derek S. Hines Memorial Bridge Spofford Street (north bank to Deer Island) 42°50′7.53″N 70°54′26.97″W
John Greenleaf Whittier Bridge I‑95 1951 42°50′4.12″N 70°54′42.24″W [2]
Rocks Village Bridge East Main Street Haverhill and West Newbury 42°48′38.54″N 70°59′59.69″W
Bates Bridge Groveland Street Haverhill and Groveland 42°45′49.88″N 71°2′2.92″W
Basiliere Bridge Route 125 (Main Street / South Main Street) Haverhill 42°46′25.43″N 71°4′34.46″W [3]
Joseph C. Comeau Bridge 42°46′14.08″N 71°5′13.03″W
Antonio Franciosa Memorial Bridge 42°45′15.98″N 71°7′38.37″W
O'Reilly Memorial Bridge Lawrence 42°42′23.93″N 71°8′18.78″W
Duck Bridge South Union Street 42°42′15.51″N 71°9′12.14″W
Joseph W. Casey Bridge Parker Street 42°42′12.77″N 71°9′37.34″W
E.F. O'Leary Bridge Route 28 (Broadway) 42°42′4.32″N 71°9′55.93″W
Merrimack-Methuen Bridge I‑93 Methuen and Andover 42°42′1.82″N 71°12′35.27″W
Hunts Falls Bridge Route 38 Lowell 1959 42°38′48.76″N 71°17′57.39″W
John E. Cox Memorial Bridge Bridge Street 1937 (Crossing dates to 1830s[4]) 42°38′53.30″N 71°18′18.55″W [5]
Ouellette Memorial Bridge Aiken Street / Aiken Avenue 1883 42°39′17.01″N 71°18′55.51″W [6]
Richard P. Howe Bridge University Avenue 2013 42°39′5.76″N 71°19′29.14″W
O'Donnell Bridge School Street / Mammoth Rd 2005 (Rebuilt from a bridge built in 1917, crossing dates to 1792[7]) 42°38′58.36″N 71°19′49.98″W [8]
Rourke Bridge Wood Street 1983 42°38′18.58″N 71°21′24.31″W The bridge is a "temporary" structure, but it might be replaced by a permanent structure soon.
Tyngsborough Bridge Route 3A / Route 113 Tyngsborough 1932, Rebuilt 1975 42°40′33.66″N 71°25′16.33″W

New Hampshire

Sagamore Bridge Circumferential Highway Nashua and Hudson 1973 (twinned in 2000) 42°43′27″N 71°26′17″W
Taylor Falls Bridge NH 111 1970 (Taylor Falls/eastbound span) & 1973 (Veterans Memorial/westbound span) 42°45′48″N 71°26′37″W
Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge Manchester Airport Access Road (Raymond Wieczorek Drive) Bedford and Manchester 2011 42°54′48″N 71°27′11″W
Queen City Bridge US 3 Manchester 1923 42°58′27″N 71°28′19″W
Granite Street Bridge 1981 42°59′7″N 71°28′11″W
Notre Dame Bridge 1988 (twinned in 1990) 42°59′39″N 71°28′10″W
Amoskeag Memorial Bridge 1970 43°0′13″N 71°28′11″W
Main Street Bridge Hooksett 1976 43°5′44″N 71°27′52″W
Korea Veterans Memorial Bridge US 3 Concord 1998 43°11′35″N 71°31′26″W
World War II Veterans Memorial Bridge NH 9 1966 43°12′32″N 71°31′50″W
Vietnam & Gulf War Veterans Memorial Bridge I-393 / US 4 / US 202 1978 43°13′10″N 71°31′23″W
Sewalls Falls Road Bridge 1915 43°16′16″N 71°33′53″W
New Hampshire Veterans Memorial Bridge US 4 Boscawen and Canterbury 2005 43°17′24″N 71°35′15.43″W
Boscawen-Canterbury Bridge 1907 43°19′3.32″N 71°37′5″W Bridge removed in 2014[9]

River source at confluence of the Pemigewasset and Winnipesaukee rivers in Franklin, New Hampshire at 43°26′12″N 71°38′54″W.

River source
  • An italicized entry in the "name" column means that the real name is missing.

References
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  2. http://www.mhd.state.ma.us/default.asp?pgid=bridge/whittier&sid=bridgeData Archived September 12, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 7, 2009. Retrieved September 17, 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 8, 2009. Retrieved October 27, 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 17, 2012. Retrieved September 18, 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 17, 2012. Retrieved September 18, 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. http://library.uml.edu/clh/Pawt/Paw2.Html
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 17, 2012. Retrieved September 18, 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. Iain Wilson (November 19, 2014). "After 100 years, Canterbury/Boscawen bridge knocked down, removed". Concord Monitor. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
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