The Ledyard Bridge crosses the Connecticut River to connect Hanover, New Hampshire to Norwich, Vermont.

The bridge was named after Ledyard in 1859 because its eastern abutment was near the site of a tree that Ledyard felled during 1773 in order to make the dugout canoe in which he left Dartmouth College to continue his world travels.

[2][citation needed] The bridge now standing was built between 1998 and 2000 by the New Hampshire Department of Transportation.

[3] At each end it displays a pair of "bridge balls," the controversial Classical ornaments cast in concrete that refer to the gateway to Tuck Drive nearby on the Hanover shore.

They are the product of a Concord architect brought in by NHDOT to infuse some extra aesthetic appeal into the design of the bridge.