Summary
The Slate Covered Bridge is a wooden covered bridge which carries the Westport Village Road 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, one of New Hampshire's small number of surviving 19th-century covered bridges, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]
Slate Covered Bridge | |
 The 1862 bridge, in 1970 | |
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| Location | Westport Village Road over the Ashuelot River, Westport, New Hampshire |
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| Coordinates | 42°50′50″N 72°20′25″W / 42.84722°N 72.34028°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1862 |
| Architectural style | Town lattice truss |
| NRHP reference No. | 78000212[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 14, 1978 |
Description and history edit
The Slate Covered Bridge is located in southwestern Swanzey, carrying Westport Village Road (formerly an alignment of New Hampshire Route 10) over the Ashuelot River in a roughly north-south orientation. The bridge is a reproduction of the 1862 bridge. 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]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Winter 2002 Newsletter". National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Slate Covered Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
External links edit
Media related to Slate Covered Bridge at Wikimedia Commons
- Slate Bridge, NH Division of Historical Resources