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Covered Bridge, Spanning Contoocook River, Hopkinton, Merrimack County, NH

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Covered Bridge, Spanning Contoocook River, Hopkinton, Merrimack County, NH

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Summary

Significance: In May 1863 the town voted to build a wooden bridge over the Contoocook river on the road to Henniker. The bridge was damaged in the freshets of 1935 and demolished the following year after a new bridge was built just north of it.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-22, FN-23
Survey number: HABS NH-30
Building/structure dates: 1863 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1935 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1936 Demolished

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Date

1939 - 1970
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
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Location

West Hopkinton43.23902, -71.66949
Google Map of 43.2390233, -71.6694888
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