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Coombs Covered Bridge

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Built
  
1837

NRHP Reference #
  
76000122

Opened
  
1837

Body of water
  
Ashuelot River

Architectural style
  
Town truss

Address
  
Winchester, NH 03470, USA

Area
  
2,000 m²

Added to NRHP
  
21 November 1976

Coombs Covered Bridge

Nearest city
  
Winchester, New Hampshire

Similar
  
Slate Covered Bridge, Sawyers Crossing Covered, Carleton Bridge, Ashuelot Covered Bridge, Bement Covered Bridge

The Coombs Covered Bridge is a wooden covered bridge which carries Coombs Bridge Road over the Ashuelot River in northern Winchester, New Hampshire. The Town lattice truss bridge was built in 1837, probably by either Anthony Coombs or Anthony Coombs, Jr., who lived nearby. The bridge is 107 feet (33 m) long and 14 feet (4.3 m) wide, with a span of just under 102 feet (31 m). It rests on unmortared stone abutments, and has a clearance over the river of about 11 feet (3.4 m). The bridge was extensively renovated in 1969.

The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

References

Coombs Covered Bridge Wikipedia