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Hudson closes bridge lane after inspectors find cracked girder

“Based on what we know at this time, the crack could have developed sometime between completion of that work last year and the present, but it is difficult to determine exactly when it occurred,” Dhima said

A blocked westbound lane on Veterans Memorial Bridge is seen from the Nashua side of the Merrimack River. The town of Hudson closed the lane after a routine inspection revealed a crack in one of the steel girders supporting the bridge deck. Dan Splaine/Nashua Independent

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Serious crash on Interstate 293

Serious crash on Interstate 293

At 7:38 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026, State Troopers assigned to the Troop B barracks responded to a report of a crash involving serious injuries and a box truck that broke through the guardrail on the bridge and fell into the Merrimack River on I-293 northbound in Manchester.

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