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This is a list of New Hampshire covered bridges, old, new, and restored. There are 58 historic wooden
covered bridge A covered bridge is a timber-truss bridge with a roof, decking, and siding, which in most covered bridges create an almost complete enclosure. The purpose of the covering is to protect the wooden structural members from the weather. Uncovered woo ...
s currently standing and assigned official numbers by the
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New Hampshire New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...
. There are additional covered bridges extant in the state, some of which are on private property and not accessible to the public. The newest covered bridge known to have been constructed in the state is the Chester Covered Bridge, built in 2011.


Standing covered bridges

Some bridges go by two or more names; this list uses the name posted on the bridge.


Lost covered bridges

:''This is a partial list of other covered bridges that once stood in New Hampshire.'' ;Notable * Bedell Covered Bridge ( Haverhill, destroyed 1979) * County Farm Bridge (
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, burned 1981) *
Goffstown Covered Railroad Bridge The Goffstown Covered Railroad Bridge was a rare railroad covered bridge in Goffstown, New Hampshire. It was built in 1901 by the Boston and Maine Railroad, on the site of an earlier bridge built in 1850 by the New Hampshire Central Railroad, and ...
( Goffstown, burned 1976) * New Henniker Bridge ( West Hopkinton, dismantled 1936) ;Others * Androscoggin River Covered Bridge ( Errol) *Clear Stream Covered Bridge (Errol) *Fields Bridge / Seaverns Bridge ( Merrimack) *Runnells Bridge ( Hollis) *Turkey Hill Bridge (Merrimack)


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External links

* Interactiv
Google Map of New Hampshire Covered Bridges

NH Division of Historical ResourcesNational Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges
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New Hampshire Department of Transportation The New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT) is a government agency of the U.S. state of New Hampshire. The Commissioner of NHDOT is Victoria Sheehan. The main office of the NHDOT is located in the J. O. Morton Building in Concord. F ...
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Covered bridges A covered bridge is a timber-truss bridge with a roof, decking, and siding, which in most covered bridges create an almost complete enclosure. The purpose of the covering is to protect the wooden structural members from the weather. Uncovered woo ...
Covered bridges A covered bridge is a timber-truss bridge with a roof, decking, and siding, which in most covered bridges create an almost complete enclosure. The purpose of the covering is to protect the wooden structural members from the weather. Uncovered woo ...
* Bridges, covered
New Hampshire New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...
Bridges, covered