Double-arch Sandstone Bridge, Methuen

Name: Double-arch Sandstone Bridge
Address: Methuen, United States

#10 among attractions in Methuen

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Facts and practical information

The Double-arch Sandstone Bridge or more commonly known as the Sands Bridge, is a historic dry stone arch bridge over the Spicket River on Hampshire Road in Methuen, Massachusetts. Built without mortar between the stones, parts of it date back to 1735. It was used to handle traffic between Methuen and Salem, New Hampshire. ()

Built: 1835 (189 years ago)Coordinates: 42°44'33"N, 71°12'29"W

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Methuen (The West End)Methuen United States

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Double-arch Sandstone Bridge – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Methuen Memorial Music Hall, First Baptist Church, First Church Congregational, Nevins Memorial Library.

1.7 miSE
Music and shows, Theater, Concerts and shows
Methuen Memorial Music Hall, Methuen
43 min walk • Methuen Memorial Music Hall, initially named Searles Organ Hall, was built by Edward Francis Searles to house "The Great Organ", a very large pipe organ that had been built for the Boston Music Hall.
1.5 miSE
Church
First Baptist Church, Methuen
40 min walk • First Baptist Church is an historic Baptist church building at 30 Park Street in Methuen, Massachusetts. Built in 1869 for a congregation established in 1815, it is one of the town's finest examples of Carpenter Gothic architecture.
1.4 miSE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
First Church Congregational, Methuen
37 min walk • First Church Congregational is a historic church at Pleasant and Stevens Streets in Methuen, Massachusetts. The stone Gothic Revival structure was built in 1855 for Methuen's first congregation, established in 1729.
1.4 miSE
Library
Nevins Memorial Library, Methuen
37 min walk • The Nevins Memorial Library at 305 Broadway in Methuen, Massachusetts was built in 1883 to honor David Nevins, Sr. as a memorial gift from his wife Eliza Nevins, his elder son David Nevins, Jr. and his younger son Henry Coffin Nevins.
1.5 miSE
Forts and castles
Tenney Castle Gatehouse, Methuen
39 min walk • The Tenney Castle Gatehouse is a historic gatehouse at 37 Pleasant Street in Methuen, Massachusetts, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 20, 1984.
1.5 miSE
Neo-renaissance architecture
Johnson House, Methuen
39 min walk • The Johnson House is a historic house in Methuen, Massachusetts. It is a 2 ¹⁄₂-story wood-frame house, five bays wide, with a hip roof and end chimneys.
1.5 miSE
Neighbourhood, Victorian architecture
Spicket Falls Historic District, Methuen
38 min walk • The Spicket Falls Historic District encompasses the historic industrial and commercial heart of Methuen, Massachusetts, and one of the lower Merrimack River's best-preserved 19th century mill complexes.
1.4 miSE
Neighbourhood
Pleasant–High Historic District, Methuen
37 min walk • The Pleasant–High Historic District encompasses the earliest area of non-agricultural residential development in Methuen, Massachusetts. It encompasses houses along High and Pleasant Streets from just east of Broadway to Vine Street, as well as a few that face on adjoining streets.