Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge longest two-span
— — the long wooden roof above moving water.
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“Four hundred and forty-nine feet of pine and spruce, the longest two-span covered bridge in the United States and for many years the longest wooden covered bridge anywhere. Built in 1866 by Bela J. Fletcher and James F. Tasker after three earlier bridges on the same crossing went under in floods. A Town lattice truss, low and dark inside, with the light coming through the trusswork in stripes. The Connecticut River runs slow under the deck and the state line runs down the middle of the channel.
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The Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge spans the Connecticut River between Cornish, New Hampshire and Windsor, Vermont, carrying New Hampshire Route 12A across the water. Built in 1866 by Bela J. Fletcher and James F. Tasker, it is 449.5 feet long, the longest two-span covered bridge in the United States and one of the longest wooden covered bridges anywhere in the world. The structure uses a Town lattice truss, patented in 1820 by architect Ithiel Town, with twin spans landing on a central stone pier in the middle of the river. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
Three earlier bridges on this crossing were lost to floods and ice between 1796 and 1849. The 1866 replacement was built deliberately long and high, set on dressed granite abutments and a midstream pier that still carries the load. The original timbers were of native spruce and pine, cut and squared by hand. A major restoration in 1989 by the New Hampshire Department of Transportation jacked the bridge, replaced rotted chords, and re-shingled the roof; another major project in 2018 to 2020 rebuilt the deck and the trusses with the bridge open to traffic on a temporary bypass.
The bridge carries one lane of traffic at a slow speed; oncoming cars yield at each end. The Vermont approach is in downtown Windsor, two blocks from Main Street and the American Precision Museum. The New Hampshire side opens into the Cornish road grid below the former home of sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, now a National Historic Site about two miles south. No fee. A pedestrian walkway runs the length of the bridge inside the trusses, lit by the lattice gaps. Best photographed in low side light, early morning or late afternoon.