Dingleton Hill Covered Bridge

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Dingleton Hill Covered Bridge
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LocationRoot Hill Road over Mill Brook, Cornish Mills, New Hampshire
Coordinates 43°27′51″N72°22′9″W / 43.46417°N 72.36917°W / 43.46417; -72.36917
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1882 (1882)
Built byTasker, James
Architectural styleKingpost Truss
NRHP reference No. 78000221 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 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.

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Description and history

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 Its original wood-shingle roof has been replaced by corrugated metal.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

Other covered bridges in Cornish

Covered bridges in nearby West Windsor, Vermont

Lists of bridges

National Register listings of area bridges

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 "NRHP nomination for Dingleton Hill Covered Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
  3. "Dingleton Hill Covered Bridge". State of New Hampshire. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  4. "Historic Covered Bridge Back in Operation After Bus Accident". New Hampshire Public Radio. June 2016. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  5. "Dingleton Hill Covered Bridge, Cornish NH; ▲ 43.4646, -72.3694; Covered Bridge No. 22". echo7tango. October 2024. Retrieved 2024-10-08.