Ranger Bridge

Ranger Bridge
Ranger Bridge
	Ranger Bridge in 2007
Coordinates	44°09′14″N 72°02′27″W / 44.15389°N 72.04083°W
Carries	US 302
Crosses	Connecticut River
Locale	between Woodsville, New Hampshire and Wells River, Vermont
Official name	Veterans Memorial Bridge
Characteristics
Design	steel three-hinged arch truss
Total length	259 feet (79 m)
History
Designer	John W. Storrs (1917 bridge); J. R. Worcester (1923 bridge)
Constructed by	Boston Bridge Company (1923 bridge)
Construction end	1917, 1923, 2003 rehab
Location

The Ranger Bridge (officially Veterans Memorial Bridge) between Wells River, Vermont and Woodsville, New Hampshire, is a three-hinged steel arch truss bridge over the Connecticut River.^[1] It was built in 1923 to replace a 1917 bridge.^[1] This is the oldest steel arch bridge over the Connecticut River.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Knoblock, Glenn A. (25 January 2012). Historic Iron and Steel Bridges in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. pp. 177–178. ISBN 9780786448432.