Kenyon Bridge

Kenyon Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Off NH 12A at Mill Brook and Town House Rd., Cornish City, New Hampshire
Coordinates	43°28′0″N 72°21′3″W
Area	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built	1882 (1882)
Architect	Tasker, James
Architectural style	Multiple Kingpost Truss
NRHP reference No.	78000223
Added to NRHP	May 22, 1978

The Kenyon Bridge, also known as the Blacksmith Shop Bridge, is a historic covered bridge in Cornish, New Hampshire, United States.

History

Now closed to vehicular traffic, it formerly carried Town House Road over Mill Brook, just east of its junction with Center Street. The multiple kingpost truss bridge was built in 1882 by James Frederick Tasker (1826–1903), and is 96 feet (29 m) long and 14.5 feet (4.4 m) wide, with a roadbed 90 feet (27 m) long and 13 feet (4.0 m) wide. The bridge rests on dry-laid stone abutments. The bridge is sheltered by a sheet metal roof, and has vertical plank siding covering the lower 1/3 of the trusses. Each truss consists of 28 panel sections between 29 posts.

The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

See also

Other covered bridges in Cornish

• Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge
• Blow-Me-Down Covered Bridge
• Dingleton Hill Covered Bridge

Covered bridges in nearby West Windsor, Vermont

• Bowers Covered Bridge
• Best's Covered Bridge

Other bridges elsewhere

• List of crossings of the Connecticut River
• List of New Hampshire covered bridges
• List of covered bridges in Vermont
• List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in New Hampshire
• List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont

Images

• Structural design of the Kenyon Bridge
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  2003
  Detail: eastern abutment, east-northeast 60° (HAER)
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  2003
  Detail: midspan, south panel (HAER)
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  2003
  Framing detail: north panel (HAER)
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  2003
  Downstream elevation, looking north (HAER)
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  2003
  End post detail: west end (HAER)
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  2003
  Interior view from the west (HAER)
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  2003
  Interior view, east portal, looking east (HAER)
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  2003
  Interior view, looking west (HAER)
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  2003
  (HAER)
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  2003
  Perspective showing roadway from the west, looking east (HAER)
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  2003
  Perspective, northwest by 295° (HAER)
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  2003
  Portal, east elevation (HAER)
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  2003
  Portal, west elevation, bearing due east (HAER)
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  2003
  Upstream elevation, bearing southwest 215° (HAER)

External links

• New Hampshire DHR page on the bridge (dated info)