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The Merrimack River (or Merrimac River, an occasional earlier spelling [1]) is a 117-mile-long (188 km) river [2] in the northeastern United States. It rises at the confluence of the Pemigewasset and Winnipesaukee rivers in Franklin, New Hampshire, [3] flows southward into Massachusetts, and then flows northeast until it empties into the Gulf of Maine at Newburyport.
This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Merrimack River from its mouth in the Gulf of Maine at Newburyport, Massachusetts, upstream to its source at the merger of two rivers in Franklin, New Hampshire. Some pedestrian bridges and abandoned bridges are also listed.
Populated places on the Merrimack River (2 C) T. Tributaries of the Merrimack River (70 P) Pages in category "Merrimack River"
The Merrimack River Valley is considered the "Valley of the Poets" [10] by some local artists and poets. Anne Bradstreet was a founding mother of three towns in the Massachusetts Bay Colony : Boston , Cambridge (then Newtowne), and the original Andover Parish, known now as North Andover , where she lived and wrote for the last half of her life.
Back River (Powwow River tributary) Baker River (New Hampshire) Bear Brook (Suncook River tributary) Beards Brook; Beaver Brook (Merrimack River tributary) Beebe River; Big River (New Hampshire) Black Brook (Merrimack River tributary) Blackwater River (Contoocook River tributary)
Pawtucket Falls is a waterfall on the Merrimack River at Lowell, Massachusetts. The waterfall and rapids below it drop a total of 32 feet in a little under a mile, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and was an important fishing ground for the Pennacook Indians in pre-colonial times.
West Newbury is a part of Massachusetts' North Shore, as well as the Merrimack Valley regions of the state. It lies along the south banks of the Merrimack River, 10 miles (16 km) upstream from the Atlantic Ocean. The town is located approximately 13 miles (21 km) northeast of Lawrence and 34 miles (55 km) north of Boston.
Amesbury is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, located on the left bank of the Merrimack River near its mouth, upstream from Salisbury and across the river from Newburyport and West Newbury. The population was 17,366 at the 2020 United States Census. [3] A former farming and mill town, Amesbury is today largely residential.