Old North Bridge
The North Bridge, often colloquially called the Old North Bridge, is a historic site in Concord, Massachusetts, spanning the Concord River. On April 19, 1775, the first day of the American Revolutionary War, provincial minutemen and militia companies numbering approximately 400 engaged roughly 90 British Army troops at this location.Photo: Daderot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Old Manse and Flint’s Bridge.
The Old Manse
Photo: Midnightdreary, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Old Manse is a historic manse in Concord, Massachusetts, United States, notable for its literary associations. It is open to the public as a nonprofit museum owned and operated by the Trustees of Reservations. The Old Manse is situated 460 feet southeast of Old North Bridge.
Flint’s Bridge
Bridge
Photo: MassDOT, Public domain.
Flint’s Bridge is situated 850 feet north of Old North Bridge.
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Victorgrigas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is a rural cemetery located on Bedford Street near the center of Concord, Massachusetts. The cemetery is the burial site of a number of famous Concordians, including some of the United States' greatest authors and thinkers, especially on a hill known as "Author's Ridge."… Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is situated 2,600 feet southeast of Old North Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Concord and West Concord.
Concord
Maybe you’ve never heard of sleepy Concord Massachusetts population 18,000, but your life has certainly been impacted by it. This is where "the shot heard round the world" was fired in the spring of 1775, setting off a chain of events that would eventually lead to the creation of the United States.
West Concord
Hamlet
West Concord is an unincorporated village and census-designated place in the town of Concord in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 6,320 at the 2020 census. West Concord is situated 2½ miles west of Old North Bridge.
Lincoln
Village
Photo: Daderot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Maybe you’ve never heard of sleepy Concord Massachusetts population 18,000, but your life has certainly been impacted by it. This is where "the shot heard round the world" was fired in the spring of 1775, setting off a chain of events that would eventually lead to the creation of the United States. Lincoln is situated 4 miles southeast of Old North Bridge.
Old North Bridge
- Type: Bridge
- Description: footbridge in Concord, Massachusetts, United States
- Categories: footbridge, historic site, battlefield, and transportation
- Location: Town of Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.46904° or 42° 28′ 9″ northLongitude
-71.35062° or 71° 21′ 2″ westElevation
108 feet (33 metres)Open location code
87JCFJ9X+JQOpenStreetMap ID
way 491615206OpenStreetMap feature
historic=battlefieldOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeGeoNames ID
4946264Wikidata ID
Q729007
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Persian—“Old North Bridge” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Köhnə Şimal körpüsü”
- Chinese: “老北橋”
- Dutch: “Old North Bridge”
- French: “Old North Bridge”
- German: “Old North Bridge”
- Japanese: “オールド・ノース・ブリッジ”
- Latin: “Vetus Pons Septentrionalis”
- Persian: “اولد نورث بریج”
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