Clark’s Bridge

No. 64

Built in 1904 by the Barre Railroad in Vermont, Clark’s Bridge is one of only two Howe truss covered railroad bridges remaining in the world and the only known covered railroad bridge still in active use.

The bridge was purchased by Ed and Murray Clark in 1963 for $1,000 and a 1919 Ford Model T touring car. Beginning in the winter of 1964-1965, the Clark family and their crew dismantled the bridge, numbering more than 3,500 pieces for reassembly at Clark’s Bears in Lincoln. The bridge was reconstructed over the Pemigewasset River using granite from an abandoned Maine Central Railroad crossing in Coos County and was moved into place in 1965. Today, Clark’s Bridge carries the White Mountain Central Railroad and remains an active part of the Clark’s Bears attraction.