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Place · bridge · 1827

Newburyport–Salisbury railroad bridge

The second bridge across the Merrimack at Newburyport, after the Chain Bridge, opened in 1827, whose railroad deck from 1840 carried trains between Boston and the north. The rail trail starts here.

Laid out
1827
On the walk
The Rail Trail: Mills, Ropewalks and Old Hill

Photographs, old views and ephemera for this place are still to come.

The map pin for this place is approximate.