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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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Overview: Two-span covered bridge over Connecticut River between Cornish, NH, and Windsor, VT
Location: Sullivan County, New Hampshire
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
Inventory number: BH 25034 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/2007): 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

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.