What a great touch of 19th-Century America. One lane, very long, and well-maintained. It took us back a lot of years. We're so glad we found it !
We were on our way to the St. Gaudens National Historic Site. We were driving from the south and we saw the bridge. After seeing St. Gaudens, we drove back to get out and see the bridge and drive across. Great example of an America gone by.
Just looking at this bridge is worth the visit. Driving over it from one state to another and back again, over and over - that may get a bit tired. Add to that the fact that Saint Gaudens, the American Winston Churchill, Learned Hand, Maxfield Parrish and J.D. Salnger, among others, made the same trip over the same bridge - WOW. And it is free.
This relatively long covered bridge connects Cornish, NH and Windsor, VT, two small New England towns. The bridge itself is worth a visit and is near to Saint-Gaudens National Historical Site in Cornish. Maxfield Parrish and JD Salinger also lived in Cornish and Salinger is rumored to have frequented the general store and diner in nearby VT.This area of the Connecticut River Is particular beautiful. Mount Ascutney towers over the valley.
Nothing like riding your bike and seeing.....hot air balloons, flying machines above you, eagles nesting, beautiful farms and best of all a breath taking bridge!
I live in NH and drive by the bridge quite frequently but I love the history and the view every time. It never grows old.
I'm from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where we have a few covered bridges, mainly crossing local creeks and tributaries...but this covered bridge must be the Granddaddy of 'em all. It crosses over the Connecticut River from New Hampshire to Vermont (and vice versa) so you get one L-O-N-G ride over the river. It is in fine repair and is an obvious pride of the people.
We tried to find the museum for the Cornish art colony on the other (VT) side of the bridge but were unsuccessful. The visit to nearby Saint -Gaudens National Historic Site was fabulous.
This bridge is one of the best examples of the covered bridge and the Saint Gaudens museum is just a few hundred yards away. I'd point you to the museum as being more interesting than the bridge, in fact. The area as a whole is well worth an excursion.
Beautiful drive to visit the Saint Gaudens Historic site and happened on this bridge connecting Windsor VT with Cornish NH. Stopped to take some photos with the mountains for background. Loved the sign that there was a $2 fine for taking horses across. Met a man who said in the 1990s the ice from the Connecticut River got so high it lifted the bridge off and it had to be captured and re secured. No kayaker there early o. Saturday morning.