HISTORICAL IMAGE
Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Choates Bridge built 1764. The Oldest Stone Arch Bridge in America, Ipswich, Mass.
Colonel John Choate, a noted resident who had led a regiment at Louisburg and who served as a representative to the General Court designed the bridge and supervised construction at no charge to the town. Col. Choate also served as Justice of the Court of Sessions and the Court of Common Pleas.
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