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Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge, Spanning Connecticut River between Cornish, NH, & Windsor, VT, Cornish City, Sullivan County, NH

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Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge, Spanning Connecticut River between Cornish, NH, & Windsor, VT, Cornish City, Sullivan County, NH

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Summary

Significance: The Cornish-Windsor Bridge is the longest covered bridge in the U.S. and the second-longest two-span covered bridge in the world. It is an excellent example of the work of James Tasker and Bela Fletcher, two prolific New England bridge builders.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1001
Survey number: HAER NH-8
Building/structure dates: 1866 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1884 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1887 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1892 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1921 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1924 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1954 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1988 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76000135

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Date

1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Tasker, James F
Fletcher, Bela J
Town, Ithiel
Fishchetti, David C
Chesterfield Associates
Lewandoski, Jan
Town, Ithiel
Jackson, Donald C, transmitter
Yearby, Jean P, transmitter
Marston, Christopher, project manager
Federal Highway Administration, sponsor
Spivey, Justin, project manager
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Location

Cornish City43.46452, -72.36898
Google Map of 43.4645164, -72.3689794
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Source

Library of Congress
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