Starting today April 3, 2007 and for the next 3 days Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge in New Hampshire will be repaired. New planks and lights will be installed. During that time, traffic will be down to 1 lane during the construction. It was restored previously in 1954, 1977, and last time was 1989.
Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge was built in 1866, and built by James Tasker and Bela Fletcher for a cost of $9,000. This bridge was not built over the Connecticut River, it was framed, and built nearby then moved to its location.
It was a toll bridge from 1936- June 1, 1943, after New Hampshire bought it.
It is the longest covered wooden bridge in the United States with a length of 449 1/2 feet long.
The bridge is listed in the National Register of Historical Places.
Cornish-Windsor Covered bridge connects 2 towns in 2 separate states, Cornish New Hampshire, and Windsor Vermont.
Flood damaged it in 1977 as were the first three bridges that once stood on this same site . The state repaired it for $25,000 after the flood of 1977. Then in 1987 the bridge was closed due to deterioration. It was reopened to traffic on December 9,1989 after it was repaired again at a cost of $4.45 million dollars.
This bridge is still opened and traffic can still drive through it. It has a posted weight limit of 10 ton.
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Windsor Cornish Covered bridge, built in 1866
29-10-09 and 45-14-14
Photo taken in 1973
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