Pier Railroad Covered Bridge is a historic bridge in Newport, Sullivan County, New Hampshire. Originally built in 1907 to carry the Boston and Maine Railroad across the Sugar River to replace a wood lattice bridge constructed in 1871-1872 by the Sugar River Railroad.

It now carries the multi-use Sugar River Trail, which was built on the abandoned right-of-way. It is located about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) east of the former Chandler railroad station in western Newport. Its double Town/Pratt lattice trusses with laminated arches were long favored on the branch lines of the Boston & Maine Railroad, largely under the influence of engineer J.P. Snow. It rests on granite abutments that have been capped by concrete, and a central pier of similar construction.

The bridge is 216 feet 7 inches long with clear spans of 103 feet and 98 feet with a center pier. It has an overall width of 20 feet 9 inches with a railbed width of 15 feet, and a maximum vertical clearance of 21 feet 1 inch. The western span is 106 feet long, the eastern one 121 feet. The bridge is named for the fact that it has a central pier. This section of the rail line has been abandoned.

In 1900, at least one hundred of this type were in use on the Boston & Maine system. This bridge is also known as the Chandler Station Bridge.

Of the 400 covered bridges that once stood in the state of New Hampshire, as of 2019, only 54 remain.

The Pier Railroad Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

Located at:  N43 21.718   W72 14.462       -        WGCB #29-10-03 #2

Photographed in July of 2019

Photos by Millard Farmer