Old Town Bridge - Weyland MA
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nomadwillie
N 42° 22.524 W 071° 22.756
19T E 304111 N 4694199
The four-arch bridge was built in 1848 by Josiah Russell on a site where it is supposed that the first bridge in Middlesex County was built in the 1640s.
Waymark Code: WM10YGC
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 07/12/2019
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The four-arch bridge was built in 1848 by Josiah Russell on a site where it is supposed that the first bridge in Middlesex County was built in the 1640s. Unfortunately the bridge has been neglected and overgrown, there is no where to get a picture of the four arches.
It was for many years on the major east-west route connecting Boston to points west and south. Originally built of dry-laid stone, the bridge was rebuilt with mortar after being damaged by flooding in 1900.
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A bridge on this site in the early l640's that was used to connect the west side with the east side is reportedly the first frame bridge in Middlesex County. A later Cart bridge on this site proved of strategic importance during King Philip's War in delving the Indians from the east side and preventing re-entry.
During the Revolutionary War period, the route over the Old Town Bridge was the main highway from the Boston-Cambridge area to Worcester, Springfield, and the Connecticut Valley and, as such, was traversed by many soldiers . Pual Revere is known to ha ve used this route in 1774 on a journey to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. George Washington parsed over the Old Town Bridge on his way to assume command in Cambridge in July, 1775.
Source: MACRIS