Rating:
25034
{94}%
5 votes
Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge 45-14-14 / 29-10-09
Photos
Overview
Photos taken 1984 by Jet Lowe for the Historic American Engineering Record
Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record
BH Photo #108045
Description
Significance: The Cornish-Windsor Bridge is the second longest historic covered bridge in the U.S. and the second-longest two-span covered bridge in the world. It is an excellent example of the work of James Tasker and Bela Fletcher, two prolific New England bridge builders.
- Historic American Engineering Record
Facts
- Overview
- Covered Town Lattice through truss bridge over Connecticut River between Cornish, NH, and Windsor, VT
- Location
- Sullivan County, New Hampshire, and Windsor County, Vermont
- Status
- Open to one-lane traffic
- History
- Built 1866; Tolls removed 1943; Rehabilitated 1989
- Builders
- - Bela Fletcher of Claremont, New Hampshire
- James Tasker of Claremont, New Hampshire
- Design
- 2 span Covered Town Lattice through truss
- Dimensions
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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
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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)
- Quadrangle map:
- Windsor
- Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
- 2,774
- Inventory numbers
- NRHP 76000135 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
WGCB 45-14-14 / 29-10-09 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 25034 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of November 2018)
- Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 50 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- November 29, 2019: New photo from David Shedlock
- April 4, 2018: New photos from Richard Doody
- September 7, 2016: New photos from Michael Quiet
- August 24, 2016: New photos from John Loxton
- December 2, 2015: New photos from Mike Garland
- September 3, 2015: New photo from John Loxton
- September 1, 2015: New photo from John Loxton
- January 14, 2015: Updated by Dave King: Added builders
- February 15, 2014: New photos from Jack Schmidt
- September 9, 2011: New Street View added by J.P.
- 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 - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com
- J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Wikipedia
- Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
- Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
- John Loxton
- Mike Garland - Rapier342 [at] comcast [dot] net
- Michael Quiet - mquiet [at] gmail [dot] com
- Richard Doody
- David Shedlock
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.