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Coordinates: 42°50′50″N 72°20′25″W / 42.84722°N 72.34028°W / 42.84722; -72.34028
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Slate Covered Bridge
The 1862 bridge, in 1970
Slate Covered Bridge is located in New Hampshire
Slate Covered Bridge
Slate Covered Bridge is located in the United States
Slate Covered Bridge
LocationOff NH 10, Westport, New Hampshire
Coordinates42°50′50″N 72°20′25″W / 42.84722°N 72.34028°W / 42.84722; -72.34028
Arealess than one acre
Built1862
Architectural styleTown lattice truss
NRHP reference No.78000212[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 14, 1978

The Slate Covered Bridge is a wooden covered bridge which carries the Westport Village Road (formerly New Hampshire Route 10) over the Ashuelot River in Westport, a village of Swanzey, New Hampshire. The bridge was built in 2001, as a replacement for an 1862 bridge that was destroyed by arson fire in 1993.[2]

The 1862 bridge was a single span Town lattice truss, with a span of 122 feet (37 m) and a roadway width of 17 feet (5.2 m). Its name derives from a family that lived nearby at the time of its construction. It rested on abutments of split granite, and was covered with a tin roof. Its sides were fully sheathed, and it had numerous repairs and parts replaced.[3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "Winter 2002 Newsletter". National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
  3. ^ "NRHP nomination for Slate Covered Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-04-10.


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