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Covered Bridges of the White Mountains

Albany

Bridge: Albany (1858 - 120 ft.)
Spans: Swift River
Location: North of Kancamagus highway, 6 miles west of NH Rte 16 at Conway Village
Notes: Long trusses, added shallow arch. Wood floor timbers replaced by steel stringers.

Bartlett

Bridge: Bartlett (1857 - 166 ft. 10 in.)
Spans: Saco River
Location: West of US Rte 202, 4 1/2 miles east of Bartlett Village.
Notes: Paddleford truss, added arch. Bypassed by highway in 1030 and closed. Rebilt and houses a gift shop.

Bath

Bridge: Bath (1832 - 4-span 374 ft. 6 in.)
Spans: Ammonoosuc River
Location: West of NH Rte 302 at Bath Village.
Notes: Burr truss, old hewed arches. New arches added when bridge was raised over a railroad.

Bridge: Swiftwater (1819 - 158 ft. 4 in.) Spans: Wild Ammonoosuc River
Location: North of NH Rte 112 on Valley Road Notes: Paddleford truss, added arch. Rebuilt in 1997. Peir added in 1988 making spansof 57 ft. 6 in. and 77 ft. 6 in. clear spanning sections.

Campton

Bridge: Blair (1869 - 2-span 292 ft. 10 in.)
Spans: Pemigewasset River
Location: East of US Rte 3, 2 miles north of Livermore Falls
Notes: Long truss construction. Rebuilt in 1977 by Milton and Arnold Graton.

Bridge: Bump (1877 - 68 ft. 4 ft.)
Spans: Beebe River
Location: 1 mile east of NH Rte 175, Campton Hollow
Queenpost truss, supported by horses instead of abutments, lengthwise running siding.
Notes: Built in 1972 by Arnold Graton. This covered bridge is a replica of the old bridge.

Bridge: Turkey Jim's (1883 - 60 ft. 6 in.)
Spans: West Branch Brook
Location: 1/2 mile North of US Rte 3 at Campton
Notes: Queenpost truss. Repaired in 1950 by Milton and Arnold Graton. The bridge was washed downstream in 1964, but was retireved.

Conway

Bridge: Saco River (1890 - 2-span 224 ft. 9 in.)
Spans: Saco River
Location: 1/4 mlie north of NH Rte 16 at Conway Village
Notes: Paddleford truss, added arch, and 2 sidewalks. Built by Charles and Frank Broughton.

Bridge: Swift River (1869 - 128 ft. 4 in.)
Spans: Swift River
Loaction: 1/2 mile north of NH Rte 16 at Conway Village
Notes: Paddleford truss, added arch. Built by Jacob Berry and Jacob Berry, jr. Original brodge was built in 1850 by John douglas, but it was carried away in a flood in 1869.

Haverhill

Bridge: Woodsville (1829 - 2-span 256 ft. 3 in.)
Spans: Ammonoosuc River
Location: NH Rte 135, 1/4 miles north of US Rte 302 at Woodsville Village
Notes: Town lattice truss, sidewalk on one side, saltbox effect. Oldest covered bridge still in use in New Hampshire.

Jackson

Bridge: Honeymoon Bridge aka The Kissing Bridge (1876 - 121 ft. 11 in.)
Spans: Ellis River
Location: Jct of NH Rte 16A and NH Rte 16 at Jackson Village
Notes: Paddleford truss with sidewalk. repaired in 1939. Rebuilt in 1965 to improve visibility.

Lincoln

Bridge: Flume (1871 - 121ft. 11 in.)
Spans: Pemigewasset River
Location: East of US Rte 3 in Flume Reservation
Notes: Spans Flume Gorge at the pool, foot traffic only

Bridge: Sentinel Pine (1939 - 60 ft. 5 in.)
Spans: Pemigewasset River
East of US Rte 3 in Flume Reservation
Notes: Spans Flume Gorge at pool, foor traffic only.

North Woodstock

Bridge: Clark's Trading Post (1904 - 120 ft.)
Spans: Pemigewasset River
Location: Clarks Trading Post
Notes: Howe truss, originally built in Barre, VT. Dismantled and erected over the Pemigewasset as part of Clarks Trading Post Short Steam Railroad Line and Museum.