Site of Piscataqua Bridge
N 43° 07.790 W 070° 51.660
19T E 348630 N 4776913
Site of Piscataqua Bridge - Durham
Waymark Code: WMA42
Location: New Hampshire, United States
Date Posted: 04/09/2006
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Text of the marker reads "At end of next road southeast, this engineering feat was used from 1794 to 1855. It joined Fox Point, Newington, and Meader's Neck, Durham via Goat Island. Also site, in same period, of proposed state capital, Franklin City, and beginning of First New Hampshire Turnpike - vital route for instate traffic."
Marker Name: Site of Piscataqua Bridge
Official Marker Number: 8
Marker Type: Official NH State
Marker Location: Durham
Date Marker Established: 1962
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