Slate Covered Bridge

Slate Covered Bridge

The 1862 bridge, in 1970
Location Off NH 10, Westport, New Hampshire
Coordinates 42°50′50″N 72°20′25″W / 42.84722°N 72.34028°W / 42.84722; -72.34028Coordinates: 42°50′50″N 72°20′25″W / 42.84722°N 72.34028°W / 42.84722; -72.34028
Area less than one acre
Built 1862
Architectural style Town lattice truss
NRHP Reference # 78000212[1]
Added to NRHP November 14, 1978

The Slate Covered Bridge is a wooden covered bridge which carries the Westport Village Road (formerly New Hampshire Route 10) over the Ashuelot River in Westport, a village of Swanzey, New Hampshire. The bridge was built in 2001, as a replacement for an 1862 bridge that was destroyed by arson fire in 1993.[2]

The 1862 bridge was a single span Town lattice truss, with a span of 122 feet (37 m) and a roadway width of 17 feet (5.2 m). Its name derives from a family that lived nearby at the time of its construction. It rested on abutments of split granite, and was covered with a tin roof. Its sides were fully sheathed, and it had numerous repairs and parts replaced.[3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Winter 2002 Newsletter". National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
  3. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Slate Covered Bridge" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-04-10.


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