Bath Brick Store Covered Bridge
— — a long roof the river runs under four times.
Not only on a wall.
“A four-span Burr-arch bridge over the Ammonoosuc River at Bath, New Hampshire, running 374 feet between abutments. Built in 1832, it stands beside the Brick Store — opened in 1804 and continuously run since, one of the oldest general stores in the country. The river below runs fast and tea-coloured over ledge. The maples on the far bank turn first in the village. — from the studio
Bath Brick Store Covered Bridge, on ceramic.
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The place, in three passes.
Bath Covered Bridge crosses the Ammonoosuc River at the south end of Bath, New Hampshire, in Grafton County. The structure runs 374.5 feet across four spans on a Burr arch truss, a wood-and-arch pattern patented by Theodore Burr of New York in 1817. The current bridge dates to 1832, replacing two earlier structures lost to fire and ice. It is among the longest covered bridges in New Hampshire and one of the oldest still in service. The bridge carries Bridge Street between U.S. Route 302 and the village's east bank.
The bridge sits on four cut-granite piers quarried from local ledge along the Ammonoosuc, the same stone that surfaces under the river's lower fall a hundred yards downstream. Beside the west portal stands the Brick Store, opened in 1804 and operated continuously since — by its own count the oldest general store in the United States in unbroken operation. The store's three-story brick block and the bridge's painted clapboard form the village's signature paired silhouette above the river.
The bridge is open to one-lane vehicle traffic with a posted six-ton limit, controlled by stop signs at each portal. The Brick Store stays open through the winter and stocks New Hampshire maple syrup, smoked meats, and penny candy from its original counter. Parking is free in the village lot on the east bank. The Bath Historical Society maintains a small display inside the store, with photographs of the 1832 construction crew and the 1973 restoration that re-decked the bridge.