Morey Memorial Bridge

United States historic place


Samuel Morey Memorial Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


43°54′25″N 72°8′23″W / 43.90694°N 72.13972°W / 43.90694; -72.13972
Area	less than one acre
Built	1936 (1936)
Built by	Hagen-Thibodeau Construction Co.
Architect	John H. Wells
Fabricator	American Bridge Company
Architectural style	Steel Arch
NRHP reference No.	97001523^[1]
Added to NRHP	December 8, 1997

The Samuel Morey Memorial Bridge is a historic bridge carrying New Hampshire Route 25A across the Connecticut River between Orford, New Hampshire and Fairlee, Vermont. The steel through-arch bridge was built in 1937–38 to replace an older wooden bridge which had been damaged by flooding in 1936. It spans 432 feet (132 m), stands about 35 feet (11 m) above the river, and its arches rise 85 feet (26 m) above the roadway. It rests on poured concrete abutments that have a light Art Deco or Moderne styling. Wing walls recede from the abutments into the banks in three stepped sections. Below the bridge in the river is visible some riprap, stone remnants of the old bridge's abutments and central pier. The bridge is of a "tied arch" design, in which the two arches are joined together by ties to distribute the active load. This is in contrast to the Justice Harlan Fiske Stone Bridge joining Brattleboro, Vermont and Chesterfield, New Hampshire, which was built about the same time, and distributes the active load to its abutments. The bridge components were manufactured by the American Bridge Company; construction was by Hagen-Thibodeau Construction Company at a contracted cost of just over $209,000.^[2]

The bridge is named for Samuel Morey, an early inventor of steamships and resident of both Orford and Fairlee.

The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "NRHP nomination for Samuel Morey Memorial Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-04-20.

National Register of Historic Places in Grafton County, New Hampshire

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Historic districts

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Abbie Greenleaf Library
Ashland Junior High School
Ashland Railroad Station
Bath Covered Bridge
Bedell Covered Bridge‡
Boulderwood
Brick Store
Bristol Town Hall
Burleigh Brae and Webster Boathouse
Burt–Cheney Farm
Camp Carnes
Camp Mowglis
Camp Ossipee
Canaan Meetinghouse
Centre Village Meeting House
Chapel of the Holy Cross
Chocorua Island Chapel
Daniel Carr House
Dorchester Community Church
Dow Academy
Edward H. Lane House
Enfield Center Town House
Felsengarten
First Free Will Baptist Church and Vestry
Frost Place
Goodall-Woods Law Office
Great Hollow Road Stone Arch Bridge
Hanover Town Library
Haverhill–Bath Covered Bridge
Hewitt House
Holderness Free Library
Holderness Inn
Jeremiah Hutchins Tavern
Lisbon Inn
Littleton Town Building
Lovett's by Lafayette Brook
Lyme–East Thetford Bridge‡
Minot–Sleeper Library
Morey Memorial Bridge‡
Moses Kent House
Norman and Marion Perry House
North Holderness Freewill Baptist Church–Holderness Historical Society Building
Old Grafton County Courthouse
Owls Head
Piermont Bridge‡
The Rocks
Rockywold–Deephaven Camps
Sawyer–Medlicott House
Sphinx Tomb
Spring Hill Farm
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Stone Arch Underpass
Swiftwater Covered Bridge
Thayer's Hotel
Trinity Church
US Post Office and Courthouse–Littleton Main
Watch Rock Camp
Whipple House
Woodsville Opera Building

Footnotes

‡This historic property also has portions in an adjacent state.

Connecticut River watershed

Tributaries

Connecticut	Blackledge River Coginchaug River Connecticut River Duck River Eightmile River Falls River Farmington River Hockanum River Hubbard River Jeremy River Lieutenant River Mattabesset River Nepaug River Pameacha Creek Park River Pequabuck River Salmon River Scantic River
Massachusetts	Burnshirt River Chapel Brook Chicopee River Connecticut River Cranberry River Deerfield River East Brookfield River Farmington River Fall River Five Mile River Green River Hubbard River Manhan River Mill River (Northampton) Mill River (Springfield) Millers River Mirey Brook North Branch Millers River North Branch Westfield River North River Otter River Quaboag River Scantic River Seven Mile River Tarbell Brook Ware River Westfield River
New Hampshire	Ammonoosuc River Ashuelot River Blow-me-down Brook The Branch Cold River Connecticut River East Branch Mohawk River Gale River Great Brook Halls Stream Ham Branch Indian River Indian Stream Israel River Johns River Knox River Little River Little Sugar River Mascoma River Millers River Mink Brook Mirey Brook Mohawk River Nash Stream North Branch Gale River North Branch Millers River North Branch Sugar River North Branch Upper Ammonoosuc River Oliverian Brook Otter Brook Partridge Brook Perry Stream Phillips Brook Simms Stream South Branch Ashuelot River South Branch Gale River South Branch Israel River South Branch Sugar River Stocker Brook Sugar River Tarbell Brook Upper Ammonoosuc River West Branch Mohawk River West Branch Upper Ammonoosuc River Wild Ammonoosuc River Zealand River
Vermont	Black River Connecticut River Deerfield River Fall River Green River Halls Stream Leach Creek Moose River Nulhegan River Ompompanoosuc River Ottauquechee River Passumpsic River Rock River Saxtons River Utley Brook Waits River Wells River West River Whetstone Brook White River Williams River Winhall River

Lakes

Connecticut	Barkhamsted Reservoir Lake Beseck Lake Hayward Lake Pocotopaug
Massachusetts	Brooks Pond Browning Pond Lake Monomonac Quabbin Reservoir Lake Wyola
New Hampshire	Ashuelot Pond Back Lake Canaan Street Lake Cedar Pond Christine Lake Comerford Reservoir Connecticut Lakes Crystal Lake Dublin Pond Eastman Pond Echo Lake Lake Francis (Murphy Dam) Goose Pond Grafton Pond Granite Lake Lakes of the Clouds Little Sunapee Lake Mascoma Lake McIndoes Reservoir Lake Monomonac Moore Reservoir Pearly Lake Silver Lake Spofford Lake Lake Sunapee Surry Mountain Lake Lake Tarleton
Vermont	Ball Mountain Lake Comerford Reservoir Harriman Reservoir Harvey's Lake McIndoes Reservoir Moore Reservoir North Hartland Lake Lake Rescue Townshend Lake

Towns

Connecticut	Chester Cromwell Deep River East Haddam East Hampton East Hartford East Windsor Enfield Essex Glastonbury Haddam Hartford Higganum Lyme Middletown Moodus Old Lyme Old Saybrook Portland Rocky Hill South Windsor Suffield Thompsonville Wethersfield Windsor Windsor Locks
Massachusetts	Agawam Chicopee Deerfield Easthampton Gill Greenfield Hadley Hatfield Holyoke Longmeadow Millers Falls Montague Northampton Northfield South Hadley Springfield Sunderland Turners Falls West Springfield Whately
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Quebec	East Hereford
Vermont	Ascutney Barnet Beecher Falls Bellows Falls Bloomfield Bradford Brattleboro Brunswick Canaan Concord Dummerston Fairlee Gilman Guildhall Hartford Hartland Lemington Lunenburg Maidstone Newbury Norwich Putney Rockingham Ryegate Springfield Thetford Vernon Waterford Weathersfield Wells River Westminster White River Junction Wilder Windsor