Mount Orne Covered Bridge

Bridge in New Hampshire to Lunenburg, Vermont

44°28′N 71°39′W / 44.46°N 71.65°W / 44.46; -71.65CrossesConnecticut RiverLocaleLancaster, New Hampshire to Lunenburg, VermontMaintained byTowns of Lancaster and LunenburgID number29-04-08 (NH #30)CharacteristicsDesignHowe truss bridgeTotal length266.25 ft (81.15 m)Width20.5 ft (6.25 m) (maximum), 14.42 ft (4.395 m) (roadway)Longest span127.33 ft (38.81 m)Load limit6 tonsClearance above12.75 ft (3.89 m)HistoryOpened1911Closed

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LocationLancaster, New Hampshire & Lunenburg, VermontCoordinates44°27′36″N 71°39′10″W / 44.46000°N 71.65278°W / 44.46000; -71.65278Area1 acre (0.40 ha)ArchitectBerlin Iron Bridge Co.Architectural styleHowe truss covered bridgeNRHP reference No.76000124^[1]Added to NRHPDecember 12, 1976

The Mount Orne Bridge is a covered bridge over the Connecticut River between Lancaster, New Hampshire, and Lunenburg, Vermont. It joins Elm Street (New Hampshire Route 135) in South Lancaster with River Road (Town Highway 1) in Lunenburg. Built in 1911, it is one of two Howe truss bridges across the Connecticut River. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.^[1]

Description and history

The Mount Orne Covered Bridge is located in a rural area of eastern Lunenburg and southwestern Lancaster. It spans the Connecticut River in a roughly northwest-southeast orientation. It consists of two spans of wood-and-iron Howe trusses, resting on stone abutments and piers which have been partially faced in concrete. The overall length of the bridge is 267 feet (81 m), with the western span measuring 134 feet (41 m) and the eastern span one foot (0.30 m) less. The bridge has an overall width of 20.5 feet (6.2 m), with a roadway of 15.5 feet (4.7 m). The bridge is covered by a corrugated metal gable roof, and is sided in vertical boarding that extends only partway to the eaves. The siding extends around to the insides of the portals.^[2]

The bridge was built in 1911 by the Berlin Construction Company, replacing one that was washed away by flooding in 1905. It is one of only two Howe truss bridges over the Connecticut River; the other, the Columbia Bridge, was built in 1912. The two bridges are among the last to be built during the historic period of covered bridge construction in either state. The costs of construction and maintenance are shared by the two towns.^[2]

In 1983, the bridge temporarily closed on July 5 for repair work; it was reopened and rededicated on November 23.^[3]

In November 2023, the bridge was closed (for an as yet undetermined amount of time) due to damage caused by an oversized vehicle driving through it.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b "NRHP nomination for Mount Orne Covered Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-10-25.
^ "Mt. Orne Bridge". NH.gov. New Hampshire Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
^ Eisenstadter, Dave (November 12, 2023). "N.H. covered bridge closed until further notice after vehicle drives into it". MassLive.com. Retrieved November 13, 2023.

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National Register of Historic Places in Coös County, New Hampshire

National Historic
Landmark

Mount Washington Hotel

Historic districts

Historic properties

Benjamin Aldrich Homestead
Columbia Covered Bridge‡
Congregational Church
Crawford Depot
Crawford House Artist's Studio
Fabyan Guard Station
Garland Mill
George E. Burgess School-Notre Dame High School
George Washington Noyes House
Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church
Indian Stream Schoolhouse
Meadow Bridge
Mount Orne Covered Bridge‡
Mt. Jasper Lithic Source
Nansen Ski Jump
Philbrook Farm Inn
Potter Site
St. Anne Church
Stark Covered Bridge
Stark Union Church
Tip-Top House
US Post Office-Lancaster Main
Wallace Farm
Weeks Estate
Wilder-Holton House
William Dennis Weeks Memorial Library

Footnotes

‡This historic property also has portions in an adjacent state.

v t e National Register of Historic Places in Essex County, Vermont
Districts	Guildhall Village Historic District Judge David Hibbard Homestead Island Pond Historic District Maidstone State Park
Buildings	Jacobs Stand U.S. Inspection Station-Beecher Falls, Vermont U.S. Inspection Station-Canaan, Vermont U.S. Inspection Station-Norton, Vermont
Structures	Bloomfield-Nulhegan River Route 102 Bridge Columbia Covered Bridge ‡ Mount Orne Covered Bridge ‡
Footnotes	‡ This historic property also has portions in an adjacent state.
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Vermont and List of National Historic Landmarks in Vermont

Connecticut River watershed

Tributaries

Connecticut	Blackledge River Coginchaug River Connecticut River Duck River Eightmile River Falls River Farmington River Hockanum River Hubbard River Jeremy River Lieutenant River Mattabesset River Nepaug River Pameacha Creek Park River Pequabuck River Salmon River Scantic River
Massachusetts	Burnshirt River Chapel Brook Chicopee River Connecticut River Cranberry River Deerfield River East Brookfield River Farmington River Fall River Five Mile River Green River Hubbard River Manhan River Mill River (Northampton) Mill River (Springfield) Millers River Mirey Brook North Branch Millers River North Branch Westfield River North River Otter River Quaboag River Scantic River Seven Mile River Tarbell Brook Ware River Westfield River
New Hampshire	Ammonoosuc River Ashuelot River Blow-me-down Brook The Branch Cold River Connecticut River East Branch Mohawk River Gale River Great Brook Halls Stream Ham Branch Indian River Indian Stream Israel River Johns River Knox River Little River Little Sugar River Mascoma River Millers River Mink Brook Mirey Brook Mohawk River Nash Stream North Branch Gale River North Branch Millers River North Branch Sugar River North Branch Upper Ammonoosuc River Oliverian Brook Otter Brook Partridge Brook Perry Stream Phillips Brook Simms Stream South Branch Ashuelot River South Branch Gale River South Branch Israel River South Branch Sugar River Stocker Brook Sugar River Tarbell Brook Upper Ammonoosuc River West Branch Mohawk River West Branch Upper Ammonoosuc River Wild Ammonoosuc River Zealand River
Vermont	Black River Connecticut River Deerfield River Fall River Green River Halls Stream Leach Creek Moose River Nulhegan River Ompompanoosuc River Ottauquechee River Passumpsic River Rock River Saxtons River Utley Brook Waits River Wells River West River Whetstone Brook White River Williams River Winhall River

Lakes

Connecticut	Barkhamsted Reservoir Lake Beseck Lake Hayward Lake Pocotopaug
Massachusetts	Brooks Pond Browning Pond Lake Monomonac Quabbin Reservoir Lake Wyola
New Hampshire	Ashuelot Pond Back Lake Canaan Street Lake Cedar Pond Christine Lake Comerford Reservoir Connecticut Lakes Crystal Lake Dublin Pond Eastman Pond Echo Lake Lake Francis (Murphy Dam) Goose Pond Grafton Pond Granite Lake Lakes of the Clouds Little Sunapee Lake Mascoma Lake McIndoes Reservoir Lake Monomonac Moore Reservoir Pearly Lake Silver Lake Spofford Lake Lake Sunapee Surry Mountain Lake Lake Tarleton
Vermont	Ball Mountain Lake Comerford Reservoir Harriman Reservoir Harvey's Lake McIndoes Reservoir Moore Reservoir North Hartland Lake Lake Rescue Townshend Lake

Towns

Connecticut	Chester Cromwell Deep River East Haddam East Hampton East Hartford East Windsor Enfield Essex Glastonbury Haddam Hartford Higganum Lyme Middletown Moodus Old Lyme Old Saybrook Portland Rocky Hill South Windsor Suffield Thompsonville Wethersfield Windsor Windsor Locks
Massachusetts	Agawam Chicopee Deerfield Easthampton Gill Greenfield Hadley Hatfield Holyoke Longmeadow Millers Falls Montague Northampton Northfield South Hadley Springfield Sunderland Turners Falls West Springfield Whately
New Hampshire	Bath Charlestown Chesterfield Claremont Clarksville Colebrook Columbia Cornish Dalton Groveton Hanover Haverhill Hinsdale Lancaster Lebanon Littleton Lyme Monroe Northumberland Orford Piermont Pittsburg Plainfield Stewartstown Stratford Walpole West Lebanon Westmoreland Woodsville
Quebec	East Hereford
Vermont	Ascutney Barnet Beecher Falls Bellows Falls Bloomfield Bradford Brattleboro Brunswick Canaan Concord Dummerston Fairlee Gilman Guildhall Hartford Hartland Lemington Lunenburg Maidstone Newbury Norwich Putney Rockingham Ryegate Springfield Thetford Vernon Waterford Weathersfield Wells River Westminster White River Junction Wilder Windsor