Exeter Road Bridge (NHDOT Bridge 162/142)

New Hampshire Historic Property Documentation

An historical study of the railroad overpass on Exeter Road near the center of Hampton.

Preservation Company 5 Hobbs Road Kensington, N.H. 2004 HISTORIC PROPERTY DOCUMENTATION EXETER ROAD BRIDGE (NHDOT Bridge 162/142)

NH STATE NO. 608

Location: Eastern Railroad/ and Eastern Division at Exeter Road in Hampton, New Hampshire (Milepost 46.59), Rockingham County

Date of Construction: Abutments 1900; bridge reconstructed ca. 1926 Engineer: Boston & Maine Engineering Department Present Owner: State of New Hampshire Department of Transportation John Morton Building, 1 Hazen Drive Concord, New Hampshire 03301

Present Use: Vehicular Overpass over Railroad Tracks

Significance: This single-span wood stringer bridge with stone abutments is typical of early twentieth century railroad bridge construction in New Hampshire and was a common form used throughout the state. The crossing has been at the same site since the railroad first came through the area in 1840 and was the site of dense commercial development. The overpass and stone abutments date to 1900 when the previous at-grade crossing was eliminated. The construction of the bridge required the wholesale shifting of Hampton Village's commercial center to its current location along Route 1/Lafayette Road.

Project Information: This narrative was prepared beginning in 2004, to accompany a series of black-and-white photographs taken by Charley Freiberg in August 2004 to record the Exeter Road Bridge. The bridge is located on, and a contributing element to, the Eastern Railroad Historic District, which was determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion A, and C as a linear transportation district on May 3, 2002. This recordation was undertaken in partial mitigation for alterations to the bridge, which took place in early 2005. This documentation was prepared by Preservation Company, 5 Hobbs Road, Kensington, NH, for the New Hampshire Department of Transportation, Concord, NH. EXETER ROAD BRIDGE (NH BRIDGE 162/142) NH STATE NO. 608 (Page 2)

PART I. HISTORICAL INFORMATION

Historical Background: The Eastern Railroad and the Original Crossing at Exeter Road

The area around the current site of the Exeter Road Bridge was, prior to the 1840 construction of the railroad, part of the developed part of Hampton. The area grew early on as a direct result of its location at the intersection of two historically significant routes: the north/south running Route 1/Lafayette Road, and east/west running Exeter Road. These routes were the location of stagecoach routes in the eighteenth century. At the time that the railroad was put in, the intersection was already the location of houses and commercial buildings. Nearby along Exeter Road, at that time referred to as Main Street, there was Loving Dunbar's Inn, and the homes of Joshua Lane, Jonathon Philbrick and Amos Towle. The latter family name gave rise to the name of the area, Towle's Crossing. Although it was already developed when the railroad came to this part of town, the crossing at Towle's landing and the station solidified this as the commercial center of the town. I

The Eastern Railroad was one of New Hampshire's earliest railroads and when constructed, the longest line in the state. With the Eastern Stage Company as its corporate forerunner, the Eastern Railroad line was chartered in on April 14, 1836 (Mausolf 2002:7) The Eastern Railroad Company of New Hampshire was incorporated two months later, authorized to build a track connecting the Eastern Railroad line of Massachusetts to the Portsmouth, Saco, and Portsmouth Railroad in southern Maine (Wallace 1999:12). The route chosen went through Seabrook, Hampton Falls, Hampton, Greenland, Rye and Portsmouth. The Eastern's chief engineer was Colonel James M. Fessenden (Kennedy 1957:97). In Hampton, the train went through the marshes, "to old Hampton village, running near the stage road." The grading for the line was contracted to Sewall F. Belknap of Beverly, MA and Samuel Turner of Dedham, MA (Mausolf 2002:7). Belknap was also the general contractor for the construction of the Vermont Central Railroad. The line over the marshland on either side of the Hampton had to be filled using wheelbarrows and horse carts until a temporary track could be put in (Dow 1892:330).

Ground was broken for the Massachusetts portion of the Eastern line on July 22, 1836. 2 The road opened to Salem, MA on August 27, 1838 and Newburyport, MA in June 1840. The New Hampshire portion of the railroad was completed as far as Islington Street in Portsmouth from the Massachusetts border in early November 1840. Roughly, two months later, the line was completed into its terminus at the depot on Vaughan Street in Portsmouth. For two years, until

The 1806 Leavitt Plan confirms the dense settlement in the area at that time without question predating development at the landing at the river (Randall 1989:621)

2 The Eastern Railroad was the fifth railroad incorporated in New Hampshire and the second to be constructed in the state. The first railroad in New Hampshire, the 5.25-mile Nashua & Lowell, was incorporated in June 1835 and completed in 1838. EXETER ROAD BRIDGE (NH BRIDGE 162/142) NH STATE NO. 608 (Page 3) the Portland, Saco & Portsmouth opened, some Eastern trains connected with steamers going to Kennebec River and Portland. In order to cross the Piscataqua River at Portsmouth, the Eastern Railroad and the Portland Saco & Portsmouth (the Maine connecting line) purchased a majority interest in the stock of the Proprietors of the Portsmouth Bridge Company. The Portsmouth- Kittery Bridge, which originally dated to 1822, was altered to accommodate the new rail service. This bridge, which was used until the late 1930s, was located at what is now the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge on the Route 1 Bypass in Portsmouth.

From the start, the Eastern Railroad of New Hampshire was largely a subsidiary of its Massachusetts progenitor, the Massachusetts Eastern Railroad. It leased the New Hampshire Eastern Railroad for ninety-nine years beginning in mid-1839 (Mausolf 2002:7). The Eastern and the roughly contemporary Boston & Maine (originally Andover & Wilmington) were intense competitors almost from the start. In 1843, the Boston & Maine constructed a new north-south line located closer to the ocean, which connected to the Portland, Saco and Portsmouth Railroad. Despite the B & M incursion into its territory, the Eastern remained in sound financial condition through the Civil War when it made the trip from Portsmouth to Boston six times a day. By the 1850s, however, a number of questionable economic decisions, including the purchase of a number of smaller feeder routes, an accident and general economic conditions, resulted in the Eastern falling in debt and losing passengers to the Boston & Maine. By 1870, 80 percent of railroad traffic was using B & M Railroad tracks as opposed to the Eastern Railroad tracks (Lindsell 2000:101). In 1871, the Eastern declared bankruptcy and in November 1874, a non- competition agreement was reached between the Eastern and the B & M. A decade later, the B & M Railroad leased the Eastern Railroad for fifty-four years and in 1898 the legislatures of Massachusetts, Maine and New Hampshire voted to permit the Boston & Maine to purchase the Eastern (Boston & Maine 1900:4). Thereafter, the Eastern line ceased to exist and became, instead, the Eastern Branch of the B & M Railroad (Mausolf 2002:8-9). The Eastern was only one of many competitor railroads that were taken over by the Boston & Maine during this era. Through this type of growth, by 1900 the B & M at 2,285 miles was the largest line in northern .

The Eastern Branch of the Boston & Maine and the. Exeter Road Bridge

One of the first items of business on the new Eastern Division was to install a second track. According to a B & M publication, "the construction of a second track upon that portion of the main line of the Eastern Division between Salisbury, Mass., and Greenland, NH, had long been imperatively needed for the economical and expeditious operation of the train service" (Boston & Maine 1900:4). In addition to the twelve miles of second track, the directors also immediately authorized the separation of all thirteen of the public highway crossings on the new stretch at an estimated cost of $400,000 (Boston & Maine 1900:4). The second track required that the roadbed be widened 12'. In addition, much of the old track had to be raised to a new level, stations and freight houses had to be moved, freight yards and side tracks had to be rearranged and bridges, underpasses and culverts need to be widened or rebuilt. The B& M's Engineering EXETER ROAD BRIDGE (NH BRIDGE 162/142) NH STATE NO. 608 (Page 4)

Department prepared plans and specs for the new masonry, bridges, and grading in the summer of 1899 and contracted the work beginning in September 1899 (Boston & Maine 1900:4). 3

In January 1900, the firm of Ellis & Buswell received the contract to eliminate four grade crossings, including the Exeter Road crossing (Boston & Maine 1900:4). Ellis & Buswell, who were also working under an earlier contract on the project (abutments for new bridges at two crossings and abutments for five new bridges) were headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts. The firm operated a granite quarry (the Ross Quarry) in Kennebunkport, Maine (Perrrazzo 2007). It is likely that this stone was used for Ellis & Buswell's B & M work including Exeter Road Bridge.

The intersection of Exeter and Lafayette Roads in Hampton had been cause for particular concern, as it was the juncture of railroad tracks and streetcar tracks, as well as pedestrian and carriage traffic. Although gates had been installed at the crossing in 1889 they were not foolproof and in 1899, the year before the overpass was constructed, an electric streetcar was stranded on the railroad tracks at Towle's crossing. Before it could be moved or fixed, a train crashed into it and destroyed the car (Randall 1989:578).

Because the future site of the overpass was part of the densely developed, central part of the village, the bridge construction project was a catalyst for massive change within the town of Hampton. In order to make way for the new railroad bridge, the B & M had to purchase nine buildings (five houses, one large and three small store blocks) along Main Street. After acquiring the buildings, the B & M immediately resold most of them to individuals who moved them to new locations.

One of the major purchasers of the buildings was John W. Buswell, of Ellis & Buswell the primary contractor for the Exeter Road project. Buswell, who had a background as a mason, was from Salisbury, Massachusetts but in 1900 had moved his family temporarily up to Hampton. He bought at least four of the buildings from the B & M, including the DeLancey and Howard G. Lane residences, the large Shaw Block, and the Towle building. One of the most significant commercial buildings in town, the three-story Shaw Block was moved by Buswell to the corner of High Street and Lafayette Road where it, along with the Edward B. Towle store, became the focus of the new commercial center of the town. Another commercial building, the Thomas N. Chase store located behind the Towle store on Exeter Road was purchased by Buswell and sold to J. Freeman Williams who moved it to Lafayette Road (Randall: 582). Aside from the nine buildings purchased and sold by the B & M, a number of other buildings were moved at the same time. These moves effectively relocated the commercial center of the town to Lafayette Road.

Prior to the construction of the new Exeter Road overhead bridge, the passenger depot, freight house and freight yard also had to be moved. The B & M moved the station from its original site

3 Around the same time the Boston & Maine initiated massive upgrading of many of their other newly acquired lines, including the new Concord Division (the former Northern Railroad) (Preservation Company 2002b:5). EXETER ROAD BRIDGE (NH BRIDGE 162/142) NH STATE NO. 608 (Page 5) along Exeter Road about fifty yards south of the new location of the Exeter Road Bridge facing a large empty lot on Lafayette Road (Randall 1989:621-2). At the same time, a cellar and modern plumbing were put in the station and new drainpipe was laid (B & M 1900:5).

Work on the Exeter Road Bridge began in January 1900, but most of the work was done in the spring of 1900. The undertaking was a large one that required 19,400 yards of fill and 950 yards of masonry (B &M 1900:5). To complete the work as rapidly as possible crews boarded in train cars, enabling them to perform ten hours of "actual work" daily (B & M 1900:5). Local contactor Harry B. Brown of Hampton provided fill for the structure (Randall 1989:585). Work on the Exeter Road Bridge as well as the other overpasses had progressed sufficiently that the second track was in use by late June 1900.

Although the burgeoning B & M no longer had competition from other railroads, it was not long before it felt the effects of automobile and, later, truck traffic that had benefited from state subsidies, the Good Roads Movement and other road projects (Hostutler and Muzzey 1995:7-8). The B & M's peak passenger traffic came in 1901; its highest volume of freight came seventeen years later. In answer to the competition from trucks and cars, the B & M formed a bus subsidiary in 1924. In the late 1920s, the B & M replaced many of the bridges on the Eastern line, including the Exeter Road Bridge, which dates to 1926. 4 The stone abutments were left unchanged.

It was one sign of the company's deteriorating condition when, in 1938, the B & M removed the hard won second track on the Eastern Division. In 1942, the Exeter Road railroad passenger depot was renovated with modern toilets, new floors, and new paint (Randall 1989:622). Although business for the Eastern Division did pick up during World War II with increased passenger traffic and freight from the Portsmouth Navy Yard, overall the train could not keep up with cars and trucks and in 1952 service north of Portsmouth ended. Passenger service on the line in New Hampshire ended in 1965. Although certain parts of the tracks continue to be used for freight, the track between Seabrook and Hampton, including the Exeter Road bridge, was abandoned in 1997 and purchased by the State of New Hampshire in 1998 (Mausolf 2002:10).

B & M Wood Railroad Bridges and Comparable Properties

The B & M's choice of wood for the Exeter Road Bridge was typical for the line. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century even as other railroad systems moved toward steel and iron construction, the Boston and Maine Railroad still favored timber construction for its bridges. In 1895, 1085 of 1561 bridges on the entire Boston and Maine system were of timber construction and over half of the new replacement bridges were built of wood (Snow 1895:31). In 1910, the Boston and Maine Railroad had a total of 365 wood bridges on its New Hampshire lines. These bridges had an aggregate length of 19,330', a minimum length of 10', and a

4 It appears that the B & M replaced all of the overhead wood stringer bridges on the line in 1926 or 1927. This likely represents the roughly 25 year average lifespan of the bridges. It preceded the floods of November 1927. EXETER ROAD BRIDGE (NH BRIDGE 162/142) NH STATE NO. 608 (Page 6) maximum length of 465' (Wallace and Mausolf 1999:200). With their quick and easy construction, the Boston and Maine continued to use timber bridges into the 1940s (Wallace and Mausolf 1999:201).

The simplest wood bridge was the wood stringer, which was used throughout the state for small spans, usually those less than 20' (Wallace and Mausolf 1999:206). Easy and fast to assemble, the wood stringer was a typical bridge type that was constructed with the intention of impermanence; bearing loads were calculated using railroad weights of the day and it was expected that if the bridge could not handle the load, it could easily be added to with bents or other supports or quickly replaced (Wallace and Mausolf 1999:206, Snow 1895:32). The bridges lasted anywhere from twelve to fifty years depending on environmental circumstances and use (Snow 1895:32).

Including the Exeter Road Bridge, there were (in 1953) seven overhead wood stringer bridges on the Eastern Division (Mausolf 2002:59 et seq; Boston & Maine 1953). These include:

TOWN LOCATION MILE DATE 2007 STATUS LENGTH MARKER Seabrook Farm Lane Rd 42.63 1927 Not extant 29'-8" Rock's Rd (Seabrook Extant but not Seabrook 43.40 1927 31' Nuclear Power Plant) accessible Hampton . Bnmmer Road 44.11 1927 Not extant Falls 29'-9" Hampton Exeter Road 46.59 1926 Extant 34'-2" North Cedar Road/ Lobbs 48.18 1927 Extant 30'-1" Hampton Hole Road North replaced 1995 Atlantic Avenue 48.78 1927 35'-9" Hampton w/concrete bridge Greenland ? 51.45 1927? removed 1995 ?

Today, the only extant overhead wood stinger bridge on the Eastern line, aside from the Exeter Road Bridge, is the Cedar Road Bridge in North Hampton (see appended Photographs of Comparable Properties). An overhead wood stringer bridge, it is very comparable to the Exeter Road Bridge. The abutments of the bridge, which likely also date to the original 1900 construction of the line, appear to be constructed using the same materials and construction techniques as the Exeter Road Bridge. EXETER ROAD BRIDGE (NH BRIDGE 162/142) NH STATE NO. 608 (Page 7)

Because of the B & M's predilection for this variety of bridge, wood stringer bridges dating to the early twentieth century are extant on many other B & M lines. There are, for instance, seven wood stringers on the former Northern Railroad in New Hampshire. 5

PART II. ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION

Description of Site: The Exeter Road Bridge is located at railroad marker 46.59 on what was originally the Eastern Railroad (later the Eastern Division Boston & Maine Railroad) in Hampton, New Hampshire.

The town of Hampton is located in the southeastern corner of Rockingham County. The town is roughly triangular, bounded on the narrow west end by Stratham and Exeter, on the wide east side by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by Hampton Falls, and on the north by North Hampton. Today the town is bisected by Interstate 95, which runs along the coast a few miles in from the ocean. Another major multilane road is State Route 101 which runs east/west taking traffic from mid state to the beach area. The town's location on the salt marshes of the Atlantic Ocean influenced its historical development. Hampton grew around two centers of development: the beach area and Hampton Center, which are connected by relatively few roads because of the expanse of salt marsh that separate them. The coastal section of town is relatively recent, having developed in the mid-to-late nineteenth century. The older town center, interchangeably referred to as Hampton Center or Hampton Village, is located between present-day interstate Route 95 and the coast. It encompasses the original town center, the current civic buildings, the commercial areas (both historic and current) and extensive residential neighborhoods.

The Exeter Road Bridge is located in the center of Hampton Village at the intersection of the Eastern Railroad and Exeter Road (Route 27/101C) near Lafayette Road (Route 1). This area developed early on as a direct result of its location at the intersection of two historically significant routes: north/south route-Route 1, Lafayette Road, and east/west route Exeter Road. These routes were the location of stagecoach routes in the eighteenth century. The Eastern Railroad was constructed parallel to Lafayette Road in 1840 and the path of these roads was untouched as the railroad crossing remained at grade. High Street was constructed between 1841 and 1857, opposite Exeter Road to the east. This added another road to the original T- intersection. The geography of Hampton Center changed most dramatically in 1900 with the construction of the Exeter Road railroad bridge. The B & M Railroad Company brought in dirt and fill to create an embankment for Exeter Road traffic while the railroad continued at grade level. Exeter Road and Lafayette Road evolved into major routes as automobile traffic increased. In 1921, Lafayette Road became part of the national U. S. Route 1. Today, major

For a discussion of these bridges, see New Hampshire Historical Property Documentation for Chance Pond Road Overpass NH State No. 526. EXETER ROAD BRIDGE (NH BRIDGE 162/142) NH STATE NO. 608 (Page 8) highways (Interstate 95 and State Route 101) at slightly different locations have replaced these as the major through routes.

Description of Exeter Road Bridge: The Exeter Road Bridge is a single-span timber/wood stringer bridge with mortared stone abutments. It is two-lanes (39.7') wide and 37' long. It provides 14'-5" of vertical clearance and 17' of horizontal clearance beneath the bridge, which is oriented on a northwest-southeast axis.

Twenty 8" X 18" timber stringers support the deck. Wood-plank decking on top of the stringers is laid on the diagonal, with diagonal ends visible on both the north and south elevation.

The bridge rests on massive granite block abutments. The abutments consist of nine, 2' high courses of rectangular granite blocks that are laid up with concrete mortar. The rock-faced blocks (stretchers) vary in length between 4' and 8'. Occasional tiebacks (headers) are 2' square on the abutments elevations. Commercial plug and feather marks (parallel, vertical quarry marks) are visible on some of the blocks (Gage 2005: 36).

The current (non-original) railings on the bridge are of a simple wood design. On the south side, there are nine uprights with two horizontal railings at the top and in the middle. Metal mesh is attached to the railing. On the north side, the railing is more open and has fewer (five) uprights.

In addition to the railings, other major alterations to the bridge include the installation of two supporting bents in the center of the bridge, between the two tracks. The railroad tracks on the east side have also been removed (although it is extant on the west side). The railroad track bed is covered with 11/2" to 3"diameter gravel.

PART III. SOURCES OF INFORMATION

Anonymous n.d. Scrapbook of Hampton Center, Collection of Hampton Historical Society, Hampton, NH.

Anonymous 1903 Trolley Guide Souvenir

Anonymous 1977, 1979, 1987, 1989, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001 "Bridge Inspection Report." On file with New Hampshire Department of Transportation.

Anonymous 1953 "State of New Hampshire Bridge List: Main Track Structures." On file with New Hampshire Department of Transportation. EXETER ROAD BRIDGE (NH BRIDGE 162/142) NH STATE NO. 608 (Page 9)

Boston and Maine Railroad 1900 "The Eliminating of Grade Crossings and Double Tracking the Eastern Division in New Hampshire" Boston and Maine Messenger Vol. 1 No. 6 (October 1, 1900).

Boston and Maine Railroad 1953 State of New Hampshire Bridge List Main Track Structures. On file at NHDOT Bureau of Railroads, Concord, NH

Bureau of Public Roads 1927 Report of a Survey of Transportation on the State Highways of New Hampshire. U.S. Department of Agriculture and the New Hampshire State Highway Department.

Cantor, George 1990 Where the Old Roads Go Driving the First Federal Highways of the Northeast. New York: Harper & Row Publishers.

Coppelman, Glenn G. and Lynne E. Monroe. 2000 Marshes to Millstones: A Cultural and Historical Tour along New Hampshire's American Independence Byway. Exeter, NH: Rockingham Planning Commission.

Cummings, O.R. 1966. Trolleys to Hampton Beach: Mass. Northeastern St. Ry. V 3 Amesbury Division. Manchester, NH: New England Electric Railway Historical Society, Inc. Collection of New Hampshire State Library.

Dow, Joseph 1893 History of the Town of Hampton, New Hampshire. Salem, MA: Salem Press Publishing and Printing Company.

Gage, Mary and James 2005 The Art of Splitting Stone. Amesbury MA: Powwow River Books.

Garvin, Donna-Belle and James L. Garvin 1988 On the Road North Of Boston: New Hampshire Taverns and Turnpikes, 1700-1900. Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society.

Hampton, NH 1988 350th Anniversary 1638-1988 Official Souvenir Program Book

Heald, Bruce D. 2001 Images of America Boston & Maine in the Twentieth Century. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Printing. EXETER ROAD BRIDGE (NH BRIDGE 162/142) NH STATE NO. 608 (Page 10)

Jusseaume, Steve 2001 "We are all New Yorkers," The Hampton Union. Online at http://www.hampton.lib.nh.us/hampton/history/vignettes/candlelightvigil.htm.

Kennedy, Charles J. 1957 "The Eastern Rail-road Company to 1855" Vol. 31, No. 1, 92-123. Spring, 1957 Business History Review

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Pillsbury, Hobart 1927 New Hampshire: Resources, Attractions, and Its People, A History Volume II. New York: The Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc.

Perrrazzo, Peggy and George 2007 Stone Quarries and Beyond Website: http://www.cagenweb.com/quarries/index.html

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Preservation Company 2007 NH Historical Property Documentation for Chance Pond Road Overpass NH#526.

Randall, Peter E. 1989 History of Hampton New Hampshire 1638-1988. 4 vols. First 2 vols. originally published by Joseph Dow in 1892. Portsmouth, NH: Peter E. Randall Publisher.

Snow, J. Parker 1895 "Wooden Bridge Construction on the Boston and Maine Railroad," Journal of the Associations of Engineering Societies. v. 15, p. 31-39.

Teschek, William H. 1997 Images of America Hampton and Hampton Beach. Reprint 2002. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Printing. EXETER ROAD BRIDGE (NH BRIDGE 162/142) NH STATE NO. 608 (Page 11)

Tucker, James W. 1961 "When Main Street was Moved from Exeter Road," The Hampton Union. Online at http://www.hampton.lib.nh.us/hampton/history/ourtown/mainstreet.htm.

Wallace, R. Stuart Ph.D. and Lisa B. Mausolf 1999 New Hampshire Railroads: Historic Context Statement, in contract with NHDOT. Unpublished.

Maps Adams, J.H. 1839 Plan and Profile of the Location of the Eastern rail Road in New Hampshire. Boston: T. Moores, Lithographer. Collection of the New Hampshire Historical Society

Anonymous n.d. "Business Section of Hampton Center prior to the Building of the Railroad overpass." Collection of the Hampton Historical Society.

Anonymous n.d. Early Map of Hampton. Not published. Collection of the New Hampshire Historical Society.

Anonymous 1889 Plan of Hampton Village. Not published. Collection of the New Hampshire Historical Society.

Anonymous 1918, updated through 1931 "Right-of-Way and Track Map." On file with New Hampshire Department of Transportation

Chace, J. 1857 "Map of Rockingham County." Philadelphia: Smith and Coffin. Collection of the New Hampshire Historical Society.

Hurd, D. H. 1892 "Hampton P.O." Town and County Atlas of the State of New Hampshire. Boston: D. H. Hurd & Co.

Leavitt, Thomas 1806 "Plan of Hampton." Frontispiece. History of Hampton, New Hampshire 1638-1988 Volume 1. EXETER ROAD BRIDGE (NH BRIDGE 162/142) NH STATE NO. 608 (Page 12)

Marston, Josiah 1841 "Plan of the Town of Hampton." Printed map by order of the town. Lane Memorial Library, Hampton, NH.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps 1912 "Hampton." New York: Sanborn Map Company. On Microfilm at the State Library of New Hampshire, Concord, NH.

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Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps 1930 with 1945 additions "Hampton." New York: Sanborn Map Company. On Microfilm at the State Library of New Hampshire, Concord, NH.

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Town of Hampton Tax maps

USGS 1895, 1934, 1961 "Newburyport-Exeter, NH-MA" Quadrangle. Historic USGS Maps of New England and New York, UNH Library, Government Documents Dept., online at: http://docs.unh.edu/nhtopos.htm.

USGS 1992 "Exeter New Hampshire-Massachusetts." United State Geological Survey.

Historic Photographs Collection of the Hampton Historical Society;2003 Hampton Village Intersection Improvement Project Area Form. NHDHR files. NEW HAMPSHIRE HISTORIC PROPERTY DOCUMENTATION EXETER ROAD BRIDGE (NHDOT Bridge 162/142) MEASURED DRAWING

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Location: Eastern Railroad/Boston and Maine Eastern Division at Exeter Road in Hampton, New Hampshire (Milepost 46.59), Rockingham County NEW HAMPSHIRE HISTORIC PROPERTY DOCUMENTATION EXETER ROAD BRIDGE (NHDOT Bridge 162/142) GRAPHIC DOCUMENTATION

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Historical photographs. 1942 Views of Northeast Approach (above) and Southwest Approach (below) to Exeter Road Overpass (NHDOT Bridge Card) NEW HAMPSHIRE HISTORIC PROPERTY DOCUMENTATION INDEX TO PHOTOGRAPHS

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Exeter Road Bridge Exeter Road at the Eastern Railroad/Eastern Division of Boston and Maine Hampton Rockingham County New Hampshire

Photographer: Charley Freiberg, Elkins, New Hampshire, for Preservation Company, Kensington, New Hampshire, August 2004

Photo Description 1 Intersection of Exeter Road and Route 1 and East Approach to Exeter Road Bridge (Looking West) 2 Route 1 at Exeter Road. East Approach to Exeter Road Bridge in Center (Looking West) 3 East Approach to Exeter Road Bridge (Looking West) 4 East Approach to Exeter Road Bridge (Looking Northwest) 5 East Approach to Exeter Road Bridge (Looking West) 6 Exeter Road with West Approach to Exeter Road Bridge in Background (Looking East) 7 West Approach to Exeter Road Bridge (Looking East) 8 West Approach to Exeter Road Bridge (Looking East-Northeast) 9 South Elevation of Exeter Road Bridge (Looking Northwest) 10 South Elevation of Exeter Road Bridge (Looking Northwest) 11 South Elevation of Exeter Road Bridge Showing East Abutment (Looking Northeast) 12 North Elevation of Exeter Road Bridge (Looking Southeast) 13 North Elevation of Exeter Road Bridge (Looking Southeast) 14 North Elevation of Exeter Road Bridge (Looking East-Southeast) 15 North Elevation of Exeter Road Bridge (Looking East-Southeast) 16 North Elevation Showing West Abutment (Looking Southwest) 17 North Side of Substructure of Exeter Road Bridge (Looking South) 18 Underside of Bridge, Detail of Bents, Stringers and Abutment (Looking up) 19 Underside of Bridge Detail of Bents and Stringers (Looking up) 20 Underside of Bridge Detail of Bents and Stringers (Looking up) NEW HAMPSHIRE HISTORIC PROPERTY DOCUMENTATION EXETER ROAD BRIDGE (NHDOT Bridge 162/142) PHOTO KEY

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Exeter Road Bridge NH STATE NO. 608 Exeter Road at the Eastern Railroad/Eastern Division of Boston and Maine Hampton Rockingham County New Hampshire

Photographer: Charley Freiberg, Elkins, New Hampshire for Preservation Company, Kensington, New Hampshire, August 2004

Photo Description 1 Intersection of Exeter Road and Route 1 and East Approach to Exeter Road Overpass (Looking West) 2 Route 1 at Exeter Road. East Approach to Exeter Road Overpass in Center (Looking West) 3 East Approach to Exeter Road Overpass (Looking West) 4 East Approach to Exeter Road Overpass (Looking West) 5 East Approach to Exeter Road Overpass (Looking West) 6 Exeter Road with West Approach to Exeter Road Overpass in Background (Looking East) 7 West Approach to Exeter Road Overpass (Looking East) 8 West Approach to Exeter Road Overpass (Looking East) 9 South Elevation of Exeter Road Overpass (Looking North) 10 South Elevation of Exeter Road Overpass (Looking North) 11 South Elevation of Exeter Road Overpass Showing East Abutment (Looking North) 12 North Elevation of Exeter Road Overpass (Looking South) 13 North Elevation of Exeter Road Overpass (Looking South) 14 North Elevation of Exeter Road Overpass (Looking South) 15 North Elevation of Exeter Road Overpass (Looking South) 16 North Elevation Showing West Abutment (Looking South) 17 North Side of Substructure of Exeter Road Overpass 18 Underside of Overpass, Detail of Bents, Stringers and Abutment 19 Underside of Overpass Detail of Bents and Stringers 20 Underside of Overpass Detail of Bents and Stringers