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Memorial Bridge (Portsmouth, New Hampshire) / 43.07938; -70.75255. The World War I Memorial Bridge is a vertical-lift bridge that carries U.S. Route 1 across the Piscataqua River between Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Badger's Island in Kittery, Maine, United States. The current bridge was opened in 2013, replacing a bridge of similar design ...
- 91.5 m (300 ft)
- 366.1 m (1,201 ft)
- August 8, 2013
- Piscataqua River
AWARD-WINNING BRIDGE BETWEEN DOWNTOWN PORTSMOUTH & MAINE. May 2020. The present bridge is a replacement of the bridge originally called the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Bridge to commemorate those lost during World War I. Today’s bridge is called just Memorial Bridge. It carries US-1 over the Piscataqua River from Portsmouth, NH into Kittery, ME.
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Feb 8, 2012 · 1920 - 1923: The Memorial Bridge was a constructed in joint between Maine and New Hampshire. First major bridge on the East coastwith a middle span that rises to allow boats to past underneath ...
Aug 8, 2013 · Updated 12:27 PM PDT, August 8, 2013. PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire and Maine celebrated the opening of a new bridge Thursday that has become a steel symbol of their past cooperation and their commitment to future commerce. The $81.4 million Memorial Bridge between Portsmouth and Kittery, Maine, replaces one that was built in 1923 and ...
Today’s bridge is called just Memorial Bridge. It carries US-1 over the Piscataqua River from Portsmouth, NH into Kittery, ME. I watched the various stages of dismantling the old bridge and building the new one which opened in late May of 2013. It was quite a project.
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- State Street Us 1, Portsmouth, 03801, New Hampshire
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By Will GrunewaldFrom our August 2023 issue. For the grand opening of the World War Memorial Bridge, on August 17, 1923, citizens of Maine and New Hampshire crowded sidewalks, watched from nearby piers, and caused a traffic jam by vying to be among the first to drive the new span over the Piscataqua River, between Kittery and Portsmouth.
Jun 4, 2019 · 0:04. 0:50. PORTSMOUTH — Engineers at the University of New Hampshire designed a living laboratory on the iconic Memorial Bridge, which could change how infrastructure is viewed. Memorial Bridge ...
