| 词条 | Cornish–Windsor Covered Bridge | ||||
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|bridge_name = Cornish–Windsor Covered Bridge |image = Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge - HAER NH-8 - 104661pu.jpg |caption = |official_name = |carries = |crosses = Connecticut River |locale = Cornish, New Hampshire to Windsor, Vermont |maint = New Hampshire Department of Transportation |id = |material = wood |design = Town lattice truss bridge[1] |mainspan = 204 ft (62.2 m) |length = 449 ft 5 in (137.0 m) |width = 24 ft (7.3 m) |height = |load = 10 US tons (9.1 metric tons) |clearance = |below = 12 ft 9 in (3.89 m) |traffic = |begin = |complete = 1866[1]{{Infobox NRHP | embed = yes | name = Cornish–Windsor Covered Bridge | nrhp_type = | image = | nearest_city = Windsor, VT | locmapin = New Hampshire#USA | area = | built = 1866 | added = November 21, 1976 | governing_body = State | refnum = 76000135 [2] }} }} The Cornish–Windsor Covered Bridge is a {{cardinal to word|{{age|format=raw|1866|06|01}}}}-year-old, two-span, timber King-truss, {{lang|en|interstate}}, covered bridge that crosses the Connecticut River between Cornish, New Hampshire (on the east), and Windsor, Vermont (on the west). Until 2008, when the Smolen–Gulf Bridge opened in Ohio, it had been the longest covered bridge (still standing) in the United States.[4][5] HistoryPrevious bridgesThere were three bridges previously built on this site—one each in 1796, 1824 and 1828. The 1824 and 1828 spans were constructed and operated by a group of businessmen which included Allen Wardner (1786–1877). 1886 bridge (current)The current bridge was built in 1866 by Bela Jenks Fletcher (1811–1877) of Claremont and James Frederick Tasker (1826–1903) of Cornish at a cost of $9,000 ({{Inflation|US|9000|1866|fmt=eq}}). The bridge is approximately {{convert|449|ft|m|0}} long and {{convert|24|ft|m|0}} wide. The structure uses a lattice truss patented in 1820 and 1835 by Ithiel Town (1784–1844).[8] From 1866 through 1943, it operated as a toll bridge. According to a 1966 report by the New Hampshire Division of Economic Development, the bridge was plenty long enough to earn the name "kissin' bridge", a vernacular of covered bridges referring to the brief moment of relative privacy while crossing. {{cquote|[In 1866] It connected 'temperance' Windsor with 'wet' Cornish, so authorities asked 2 cents for foot travelers to enter New Hampshire but upped the fee to 3 cents for the return to {{lang|en|dry}} Windsor.|25px|25px| Boston Globe (1966)[9]}} Other tolls, in 1866, ran as high as 20 cents ({{Inflation|US|0.20|1866|fmt=eq}}) for a four-horse carriage. The span was purchased by the state of New Hampshire in 1936 and became toll-free in 1943. Landmark designation and restoration
Clarification of "longest bridge" statusWhile the Old Blenheim Bridge had and Bridgeport Covered Bridge has longer clear spans, and the Smolen–Gulf Bridge is longer overall, with a longest single span of {{convert|204|ft}}, the Cornish–Windsor Bridge is still the longest wooden covered bridge and has the longest single covered span to carry automobile traffic. (Blenheim was and Bridgeport is pedestrian only.) The Hartland Bridge in Hartland, New Brunswick, Canada, is longer than the Cornish-Windsor Bridge, and is currently open, but the claim that Cornish-Windsor was the longest was made when the Hartland was closed. AccessFrom VermontVermont Route 44 in Windsor heading southeast, ends at Main Street. (Main Street is also US 5 and VT 12.) Continuing past Main, the road becomes Bridge Street. Traveling on Bridge Street from Main, the Windsor bridge approach is about 2 tenths of a mile or {{convert|350|yd|m}}. After crossing the bridge, Bridge Street ends at New Hampshire Route 12A, which runs along the Connecticut River on the west and Cornish Wildlife Management Area on the east. Although the public sometimes perceives the bridge as being solely in Windsor, the bridge is mostly in Cornish, given that the New Hampshire-Vermont boundary runs along the western mean low-water mark of the Connecticut River. Put another way, when one enters the bridge from the Windsor side, one is immediately in New Hampshire.From New Hampshire On New Hampshire Route 12A (Town House Road) in Cornish, coming from the south, Bridge Road is a T intersection on the left (west). Traveling from the north, from West Lebanon, New Hampshire, New Hampshire Route 12A is a notably scenic route along the Connecticut River. Historical markerTraveling from Cornish, just before the bridge intersection (about 100 ft. south of the bridge intersection), on the left, there is a parking area (about 175 ft. x 27 ft.) for viewing the bridge with a historical marker. The marker ([https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=74586&Result=1 NH Historical Highway Marker No. 158]) is one of four in Cornish. {{wide image|Cornish-Windsor_Bridge-2018-c.jpg|900px|Cornish-Windsor Bridge, looking north-north-westerly from the Cornish side (September 6, 2018)}}See also{{div col|colwidth=50em}}Other covered bridges in Cornish
References1. ^1 {{Structurae|id=20001273|title=Cornish–Windsor Bridge}} says the river, and therefore the bridge, is all in New Hampshire.[3][4][5][6]2. ^{{NRISref|2007a}} 3. ^1 {{cite news |first=John |last=Horton |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Ashtabula County really has it covered; New roofed span snatches title of nation's longest |url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_topdoc=1&p_docnum=1&p_sort=YMD_date:D&p_product=NewsBank&p_text_direct-0=document_id=(%20122C4407E1C35F20%20)&p_docid=122C4407E1C35F20&p_theme=aggregated5&p_queryname=122C4407E1C35F20&f_openurl=yes&p_nbid=U60R4CSDMTIxOTk0NDc2My4yOTY0NzoxOjEzOjY2LjIxMy40MS4xNDI&&p_multi=CPDB |work=The Plain Dealer |publisher= |date=2008-08-23 |accessdate=2008-08-28 }} 4. ^1 [https://www.asce.org/project/cornish-windsor-covered-bridge "Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridg,"] American Society of Civil Engineers 5. ^1 New Hampshire's Covered Bridges, by Thedia Cox Kenyon, drawings by Stan Snow, Wake-Brook House (1957; revised 1966); {{OCLC|1029380110}} 6. ^1 "Covered Bridges Sunpike – Two Built By Geniuses Unable to Read, Write," by Jean O'Brien Erickson (née Jean Marie O'Brien; born 1929), Boston Globe, October 21, 1962, sec. B, p. 24 ({{URL|https://www.newspapers.com/image/433418759}}) }} External links{{commonscat-inline|Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge}}
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