United States Navy Seabees Bridge 2003 (Brattleboro, Vermont)

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The United States Navy Seabees Bridge is a through steel arch bridge over the Connecticut River located between Brattleboro, Vermont and Chesterfield, New Hampshire. It carries route designaton VT 9 / NH 9.

History and construction:

There have been three bridges on this site. The 1937 and 2003 bridges still exist. An earlier suspension bridge was heavily damaged by a flood in 1936.

The 1937 bridge is still in existence about 10 feet (3.0 m) downstream from the 2003 bridge, and is currently in use as a pedestrian bridge. This bridge won an award in 1937 like the Arrigoni Bridge did a year later (1938) and the French King Bridge did five years earlier (1932).

The 2003 bridge is of similar construction to the 1937 bridge, but built for heavier loads with a wider deck and more road clearance. It uses suspender cables where the 1937 bridge uses thin suspender beams.