West Swanzey Covered Bridge

	West Swanzey Covered Bridge
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Postcard view c. 1915 showing both sidewalks
Location	Main St., West Swanzey, New Hampshire
Coordinates	42°52′18″N 72°19′42″W / 42.87167°N 72.32833°W
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1832
Architect	Taft,Zadoc
Architectural style	Town truss
NRHP reference No.	80000281
Added to NRHP	February 29, 1980

The West Swanzey Covered Bridge (also known as the Thompson Bridge) is a historic wooden covered bridge carrying Main Street over the Ashuelot River in West Swanzey, New Hampshire. The two-span Town lattice truss bridge was built in 1932 by Zadoc Taft for the town at a cost of $523.27. It is 136'10" long, with spans measuring 64'0" and 63'6",^[2] and rests on a stone central pier and abutments. Unusual for surviving covered bridges, the bridge occupies a central location in the village of West Swanzey, and was originally equipped with two sidewalks (it now has only one). In 1973 the bridge was posted for a six-ton limit, requiring school buses to empty before they could cross the bridge.^[3] It was closed to all traffic in 1990,^[2] but has since been rehabilitated and reopened.

The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ ^a ^b "West Swanzey Covered Bridge". New Hampshire DHR. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
^ "NRHP nomination for West Swanzey Covered Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-04-18.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[dhr-2] "West Swanzey Covered Bridge". New Hampshire DHR. Retrieved 2014-04-18.

[NRHP-3] "NRHP nomination for West Swanzey Covered Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-04-18.

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