Dingleton Hill Covered Bridge
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| Location | Root Hill Road over Mill Brook, Cornish Mills, New Hampshire |
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| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1882 |
| Built by | Tasker, James |
| Architectural style | Kingpost Truss |
| NRHP reference No. | 78000221[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 8, 1978 |
The Dingleton Hill Covered Bridge, also known as the Cornish Mills Bridge, is a historic wooden covered bridge, carrying Root Hill Road over Mill Brook in Cornish Mills, New Hampshire. Built in 1882, it is one of the state's few surviving 19th-century covered bridges. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1] It carries one lane of traffic, with a posted weight limit.
Description and history
[edit | edit source]The Dingleton Hill Covered Bridge is located about 1 mile (1.6 km) east of New Hampshire Route 12, on Root Mill Road just south of Town House Road. The bridge is a single span King post truss structure running 79 feet (24 m), resting on an original stone abutment and a 1954 concrete abutment. Its original wood-shingle roof has been replaced by corrugated metal. Only the lower half of the trusses are sheathed with vertical planking; the upper half is exposed. The upper portion of the portals are finished in vertical board siding. Its interior is 14.5 feet (4.4 m) wide, carrying one lane of traffic.[2]
The bridge was built in 1882 by James Tasker, a local builder, at a cost to the town of $812.[2] It underwent a major restoration in 1983 by Milton Graton, after which there was a rededication ceremony attended by one of Tasker's descendants.[3] The bridge was damaged in 2016 when a school bus (overweight for the posted limit, and overheight for its portals) crossed the bridge; the damage was repaired and the bridge reopened several months later.[4]
On Town House Rd, at the intersection of Dingleton Hill Rd and Root Hill Rd, at the approximate DD coordinates of 43.4646, -72.3694, a sign for Covered Bridge No. 22 marks this bridge.[5]
See also
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- Blow-Me-Down Covered Bridge
- Blacksmith Shop Bridge, foot traffic only
- Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge
Covered bridges in nearby West Windsor, Vermont
Lists of bridges
National Register listings of area bridges
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Sullivan County, New Hampshire
- List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in New Hampshire
References
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- Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in New Hampshire
- Bridges completed in 1882
- Bridges in Sullivan County, New Hampshire
- National Register of Historic Places in Sullivan County, New Hampshire
- Cornish, New Hampshire
- Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in New Hampshire
- Wooden bridges in New Hampshire
- King post truss bridges in the United States