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Overview

Photos taken 1984 by Jet Lowe for the Historic American Engineering Record

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General Elevation View, Looking South

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General 3/4 Elevation View, Looking Northwest, From New Hampshire Side Of River

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General View, Looking West, Showing Bridge, Abutment And Pier

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General 'Barrel Shot', Looking West From New Hampshire

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Detail View Of Portal At Vermont End Of Bridge

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General 3/4 Elevation View, Looking Southwest

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General Elevation View, Looking North

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Detail View, Looking West, Showing Underside Of Bridge

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Detail View Of Underside Of Bridge, Showing Lateral Bracing And Stringers

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General Interior View Showing Lattice Truss

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Map 

Facts 

Overview
Two-span covered bridge over Connecticut River between Cornish, NH, and Windsor, VT
Status
Open to one-lane traffic
History
Built 1866; rehabilitated 1989
Design
Covered Lattice through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 203.1 ft.
Total length: 449.2 ft.
Deck width: 19.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 9.4 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 21, 1976
Also called
Cornish-Windsor Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.47368, -72.38370   (decimal degrees)
43°28'25" N, 72°23'01" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/711608/4816743 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Windsor
Inventory numbers
NRHP 76000135 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 25034 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/2008)
Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 24.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2003)
2,700

Update Log 

  • October 16, 2009: Updated by C Hanchey: Added GPS coordinates
  • November 23, 2008: New photos from James Baughn
  • September 15, 2006: Posted HAER photos

Sources 

  • HAER NH-8 - Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge
  • James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
  • C Hanchey - cmh2315 [at] yahoo [dot] com

Comments 

Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge
Posted June 12, 2007, by David Smith (davidl [dot] smith [at] sbcglobal [dot] net)

Please add the attached photos to your website. Your site rocks! My wife and I were there in fall of 2005 and took these photos.

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