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Stoney Morrell Memorial Covered Bridge 29-02-j
Photos
These pictures were taken before the bridge was moved to Kennett High School. The bridge is sitting next to Storyland.
Photo taken by Mike Garland in July 2015
BH Photo #343871
Description
The bridge is the smallest authentically built covered bridge in the country. The bridge was on display at the 1999 Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C. as part of the N.H. program, "Celebrating New Hampshire Stories." The bridge will be named after the late Stoney Morrell, owner of Story Land, who purchased it in 2002 for a display at Heritage NH (an interactive museum dedicated to the history of the Granite State) in Glen.The bridge, which will be named the Stoney Morrell Memorial Covered Bridge, will be officially put into place by a team of four Oxen. The final bridge placement will be on Thursday the 17th of September.
Facts
- Overview
- Town lattice truss bridge
- Location
- North Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire
- Status
- Open to pedestrians only
- History
- Built in 1999 for the 1999 New Hampshire Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington D.C.
- Builder
- - Arnold M Graton Associates Inc of Ashland, New Hampshire
- Design
- Town lattice through truss
- Dimensions
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Span length: 36.0 ft.
Total length: 36.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +44.00660, -71.09901 (decimal degrees)
44°00'24" N, 71°05'56" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 19/331730/4874747 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory numbers
- WGCB 29-02-j (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 70246 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
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