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Tag: Choate Bridge

The Choate Bridge

October 29, 2023November 15, 2025 Gordon Harris9 Comments
Choate Bridge Ipswich MA

The American Society of Civil Engineers cites the Choate Bridge in Ipswich as the oldest documented two-span masonry arch bridge in the U.S., and the oldest extant bridge in Massachusetts. 

Posted in PlacesTagged 1764, Choate, Choate Bridge, dam, Ipswich River, landmark, National Register of Historic Places

© Gordon Harris 2025

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