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Mt. Orne Covered Bridge

Coos County, New Hampshire, and Essex County, Vermont
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Mt. Orne covered bridge linking Lancaster, NH with Lunenberg, VT. Showing Lancaster end.

Photo taken by David P. Timmins in June 2009

Video 

Re-tightening Tie Rod

To snub up replacement Lateral Braces required by truck damage dating from 27 May 2009

Will

Map 

Street View 

View Uglybridges.com report

Facts 

Overview
Covered bridge over Connecticut River on Mt. Orne Road in Lancaster
Location
Coos County, New Hampshire, and Essex County, Vermont
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1911; rehabilitated 1988
Builder
- Berlin Construction Co.
Design
Covered Howe through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 128.0 ft.
Total length: 266.1 ft.
Deck width: 14.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.2 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 12, 1976
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.46064, -71.65269   (decimal degrees)
44°27'38" N, 71°39'10" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
19/288942/4926389 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Gilman
Inventory numbers
NRHP 76000124 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 24879 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2011)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 2.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
610

Categories 

Berlin Construction Co. (10)
Built 1911 (457)
Built during 1910s (6,731)
Connecticut River (43)
Coos County, New Hampshire (25)
Covered (925)
Essex County, Vermont (9)
Have street view (9,908)
Howe through truss (203)
Howe truss (249)
NR-listed (2,354)
New Hampshire (296)
 One-lane traffic (7,112)
Open (28,319)
Owned by city (3,053)
Span length 125-175 feet (2,956)
State line crossing (514)
Structurally deficient (16,683)
Through truss (9,211)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,372)
Truss (23,575)
Vermont (265)
Wooden deck (5,398)

Update Log 

  • September 9, 2011: New Street View added by J.P.
  • December 7, 2010: New video from Will
  • August 2, 2009: New photos from David P. Timmins

Sources 

  • David P. Timmins - grumpytimm [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Will Truax - Bridgewright [at] gmail [dot] com
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Mt. Orne Covered Bridge
Posted May 21, 2013, by Don Serbin (serbiesnow [at] aol [dot] com)

As of early May 2013, the bridge is once again closed for the second time in a few years an 18 wheeler truck, one foot higher than the bridge had for clearance has crashed into it causing extensive damage. The last time this happened it took several years to re-open. Apparently, modern day truck drivers follow their GPS units and cant read bridge clearance signs. I dont think our town has the money needed to fix this this time unless insurance might cover the damage.

Mt. Orne Covered Bridge
Posted July 4, 2010, by Tammy Surridge (tsymonds18 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

I use to walk across the Mt Orne Covered Bridge when i was in high school and drove across it several times when i lived in lunenburg Vermont to go to lancaster NH..Very beautiful bridge at one time.