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Balch's Bridge

Page history last edited by abrandenburg@mvlc.org 6 years, 10 months ago

Balch’s Bridge crosses the Ipswich River on Salem Road and is believed to have been the first bridge built in Topsfield, MA.  It has also been known as the Town Bridge, Wooden Bridge, and Walsh’s Bridge and was first mentioned in court records in 1653 as “the great bridg which the said Walter Ropper built…”


The original wooden bridge underwent several major repairs throughout the years and was replaced by a cement structure in 1932.

 

 

References

 

Long, Henry Follansbee (1911) The Bridges in Topsfield. In The historical collections of the Topsfield Historical Society, (16). Topsfield, Mass. : Topsfield Historical Society.  View Library Catalog record; read online at the Internet Archive.

Dow, G. F. (1940). “Highways and Bridges” in History of Topsfield Massachusetts. Topsfield, Mass. : Topsfield Historical Society. Reprinted 1982.    View Library Catalog record

 

MHC Reconnaissance Survey Town Report : Topsfield (1985).  Accessed online 3/14/2016.

 

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