Newburyport, Massachusetts 01950
Merrimack River Watershed Association websiteThe Chain Bridge in Newburyport is a “look-alike” replica built in 1910 to replace the “first suspension bridge” constructed in the United States in 1810. Since the current structure is one of a series of bridges at this location since 1793, it is “the oldest continually occupied, long span, bridge crossing” in the United States. It has also been called the Essex-Merrimac Bridge or Newburyport Chain Bridge.
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The Merrimack River is a 117-mile-long river in the northeastern United States. It rises at the confluence of the Pemigewasset and Winnipesaukee rivers in Franklin, New Hampshire, flows southward into Massachusetts, and then flows northeast until it empties into the Atlantic Ocean at Newburyport. From the point where the Merrimack turns northeast in Lowell, Massachusetts onward, the Massachusetts–New Hampshire border is roughly calculated as the line three miles north of the river.
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Last updated January 16, 2024