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GENERAL VIEW SHOWING EAST ELEVATION OF BRIDGE, LOOKING WEST FROM NORTH BANK - Choate Bridge, Spanning Ipswich River at South Main Street, Ipswich, Essex County, MA
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GENERAL VIEW SHOWING EAST ELEVATION OF BRIDGE, LOOKING WEST FROM NORTH BANK - Choate Bridge, Spanning Ipswich River at South Main Street, Ipswich, Essex County, MA
Description
Choate , John; Morse, George
Depicted place Massachusetts; Essex County; Ipswich
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HAER MASS,5-IPSWI,8-9
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  • Significance: The Choate Bridge is an example of early stone construction in the history of American road building. The Essex County Court voted in December, 1764 to name the bridge in honor of Col. John Choate, who supervised construction. The bridge originally measured 80'6" long and 20'6" wide in 1764. In 1838 the bridge was widened to 35'6" on the east side. The west side and parapet of the bridge, along with the inscription to Col. Choate, remain unchanged. / Choate Bridge ranks among the oldest, if not the oldest, extant bridges in Massachusetts. Built in 1764 to replace a succession of earlier timber spans, it survives basically unaltered with two elliptical stone arches and a battered stone parapet or "guard wall." The bridge is representative of period technology. It was widened to its present 35' 6" in 1838. The bridge was individually listed in the National Register of Historic Places August 21, 1972.
  • Survey number: HAER MA-81
  • Building/structure dates: 1764 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1838 Subsequent Work
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This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 72000137.
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ma0636.photos.078509p
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Object location42° 40′ 45.01″ N, 70° 50′ 30.01″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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