Bringing back an old favorite, GC2VY1Y, by Capt. Bob, a popular hide here with 69 finds (and 8 favorites) between May 2011 and August 2019.
There is ample parking available on the Conway side of the bridge. Take a stroll across the bridge, enjoy the view and have fun searching for the cache. Accessible from the roadway.
Around 1778, Gideon Bardwell began operating a ferry across the Deerfield River near this location. As the area's population expanded due to the introduction of the railroad, a bridge connecting Conway and Shelburne was considered. In 1868 a spruce bridge was built across the Deerfield, but on January 27, 1882 while out delivering the mail, Mr. Dole discovered the bridge had been "blown away". In March of that year the selectmen of Shelburne and Conway contracted with the Corrugated Metal Company (later known as the Berlin Iron Bridge Company) to build a Wrought Iron Parabolic Truss Bridge at a cost of $7,000. You can still drive over it today!
If you would like the full story, and pictures of this bridge, just click Bardwell's Ferry Bridge.