Little Bay Bridge
Bridges in New Hampshire, carrying traffic between the city of Dover and township of Newington / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Little Bay Bridge (occasionally referred to in the plural) refers to one or more bridges that carry road traffic across the mouth of Little Bay where it meets the Piscataqua River, between the city of Dover and the town of Newington in New Hampshire. The term has been in use since at least 1933.[3]
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Little Bay Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 43.1181°N 70.82559°W / 43.1181; -70.82559 |
Carries | 7 lanes of US 4 / NH 16 / Spaulding Turnpike, pedestrians and bicycles on the Rowe Bridge |
Crosses | Piscataqua River |
Locale | Dover and Newington, New Hampshire |
Official name | General Sullivan Bridge Capt. John F. Rowe Bridge Ruth L. Griffin Bridge |
Maintained by | NHDOT |
ID number | 006502010002500 (Northbound)[1] 006502010002400 (Southbound)[2] |
Characteristics | |
Total length | 486.2 m (1,595 ft) |
Width | 8.5 m (27.9 ft) (each span) |
Clearance above | 6.93 m (22.7 ft) |
Clearance below | 14 m (45.9 ft) |
History | |
Opened | 1873 (Original) 1934 (Sullivan) September 28, 1966 (Rowe northbound, southbound from 1984-2018) 1984 (Rowe bridge) 2013 (Griffin) |
Rebuilt | 2013-2018 (Rowe Bridges) |
Closed | 1934 (original bridge) 1984 (Sullivan Bridge; to vehicles) 2018 (Sullivan Bridge; all uses) |
Statistics | |
Daily traffic | 67,673 (2015) |
Toll | Former, though all vehicles must pay Spauling Turnpike toll |
Location | |
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Currently, a pair of four-lane girder bridges carry a concurrency of U.S. Route 4, NH Route 16, and the Spaulding Turnpike over the mouth of Little Bay. As of August 2019[update], the bridges carried seven motor vehicle lanes with four shoulders, and one non-motorized multi-use path.[4]