Stone's Bridge, Historic bridge in Massachusetts, United States
Stone's Bridge is a four-arch bridge over the Sudbury River on the Framingham–Wayland line, built of dry-laid split granite and topped with a grassy surface. Its western end stops short of the Framingham shore at a stone-faced concrete pier, and the span is closed to all access.
A crossing existed here since colonial times: a 1674 record mentions a "horse bridge" near Daniel Stone's home, and a marker on the Wayland end notes the Henry Knox Trail, the route of Ticonderoga's guns during the Revolutionary War. The present four-arch bridge was built in 1857-58 by William Simonds, recorded in Framingham town records and noted by Henry David Thoreau in 1859 diary entries. Hurricane Diane damaged it in 1955, when Stonebridge Road was rerouted to a new bridge south and the western end was stabilized.
The name honours Daniel Stone, a local resident recorded near a "horse bridge" at this crossing in 1674, so it refers to a person rather than the material. A marker at the Wayland end notes the Henry Knox Trail, the route of the Ticonderoga guns during the Revolutionary War.
Stone's Bridge is closed to all access, so it can only be viewed from the banks of the Sudbury River or from Stonebridge Road. The surviving western end stops short of the Framingham shore at a stone-faced concrete pier. A Henry Knox Trail marker stands at the Wayland end.
The name comes from Daniel Stone, a local resident whose home stood by a "horse bridge" recorded here in 1674, not from the granite. A marker at the Wayland end notes the Henry Knox Trail, the route of guns hauled from Ticonderoga during the Revolutionary War.
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