Contoocook Covered Bridge, Spanning Contoocook River, Hopkinton, Merrimack County, NH
Summary
See also HAER NH-38 (Contoocook Railroad Bridge) for additional documentation.
Significance: The Contoocook Covered Bridge, a Long truss, carried the main road to Hopkinton until 1935 when it was demolished.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-10
Survey number: HABS NH-21
Building/structure dates: 1853 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1900 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1935 Demolished
Tags
covered bridges
transportation
vehicular bridges
long trusses
west hopkinton
contoocook
bridge
contoocook river
hopkinton
merrimack
merrimack county
new hampshire
university of new hampshire department of architecture
historic american buildings survey
photo
contoocook covered bridge
architecture
railroad
railroad architecture
technical diagrams
architectural diagrams
design
library of congress
Date
1935 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Department of Architecture, University of New Hampshire, field team
Location
West Hopkinton
,
43.23902, -71.66949
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html