General Information
| Completion: | 1866 |
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| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Covered bridge |
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
| Structure: |
Town lattice truss bridge |
| Material: |
Timber bridge |
Awards and Distinctions
| 1991 |
Award of Merit
for registered users |
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| 1970 |
for registered users |
Location
| Location: |
Cornish, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, USA Windsor, Windsor County, Vermont, USA |
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| Crosses: |
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| Coordinates: | 43° 28' 25.26" N 72° 23' 2.37" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| width | 7.32 m | |
| total length | 140.3 m | |
| span lengths | 62.18 m - 61.87 m | |
| number of spans | 2 |
Cost
| cost of construction | United States dollar 9 000 |
Materials
| truss |
wood
|
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Chronology
| 1970 | The American Society of Civil Engineers designates the bridge as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. |
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| 2 July 1987 | Closed to traffic. |
| 8 December 1989 | Reopened to traffic. |
Notes
The bridge spans the Connecticut River to connect the towns of Cornish, New Hampshire and Windsor, Vermont. The western bank of the Connecticut River is considered to be the state line between the two states and therefore, the bridge is considered to be a New Hampshire bridge. The bridge is the longest wooden covered bridge in the United States as well as the longest two-span covered bridge existing in the world
Participants
Construction
- James Tasker (builder)
- Bela Fletcher (builder)
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1997): Bridges. A history of the world's most famous and important spans. Black Dog & Leventhal, New York (USA), pp. 48-49.
- (2017): Bridges. A History of the World's Most Spectacular Spans. 2nd edition, Black Dog & Leventhal, New York (USA), ISBN 978-0316507943, pp. 50-51.
- (1998): Brücken. Die Geschichte berühmter Brücken. Könemann, Cologne (Germany), pp. 48-49.
- (1991): Caring for a Covered Bridge. In: Civil Engineering Magazine, v. 61, n. 7 (July 1991), pp. 44-45.
- (1984): Great American Bridges and Dams. A National Trust Guide. John Wiley & Sons, New York (USA), pp. 98.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20001273 - Published on:
04/02/2001 - Last updated on:
06/02/2018
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