If design is OK'd by towns, bridge between Milton, Lebanon could be built in 2025

This is an image of a Two-Span Steel Tub Girder Bridge, but may not depict what the final design looks like. (Courtesy photo)

The New Hampshire Dept. of Transportation recently released the results of an engineering study regarding the replacement of the New Bridge Road bridge that formerly connected Lebanon, Maine, and Milton, N.H.
The study is merely a draft that explores several alternatives ahead of unscheduled public meetings for Lebanon and Milton residents in the coming months.
This study singled out three viable alternatives for replacement of the bridge structure:
• Alternative 1 - Single Span Prefabricated Steel Truss Bridge
• Alternative 2 - Two-Span Steel Tub Girder Bridge
• Alternative 3 - Three-Span Precast Prestressed Box Beam
The study explores metrics such as construction cost, life span, cost of maintenance and other factors that could inform which option is most attractive, but appears to build consensus that the least costly, more productive choice would be the two-span steel tub girder bridge.

The tub girder bridge would carry a construction cost of $2.3 million.

According to the draft study, all of the options allow at least the same amount of clearance for boats traveling between Northeast Pond and the channel, but none of the options include a sidewalk.
Lampron said the public will get a chance to weigh in on the project at an upcoming meeting. That meeting date is not yet known, but it should be announced in about a month, Lampron said.

He said that if both town selectboards agree to one of the options, New Hampshire will move forward with replacement plans.
Construction would begin in July 2025.

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