CANADA
New
Brunswick Province Covered Bridges
By County
| World Guide
Numbers (WGN) are listed, when known. WGN assigned numbers are coded,
such as 46-03-01. The first two numbers are the assigned State number
in alphabetical order. The second two numbers represent the county
number, also in alphabetical order. The third pair of characters
or numbers is the bridge number. Based data collected, so far, it
appears that non authentic bridges are numbered under WGN with an alpha
character in lieu of the last two digits i.e., 45-08-B (Vermont's New
Village non authentic Stringer
Covered Bridge).
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Covered Bridge (WGCB) numbers have been assigned by the National
Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges (NSPCB) are
referenced for all listed bridges. Assigned numbers are coded, such
as NH-05-12 or VT-115-a. The first two characters are the postal
abbreviations for the state (formerly digits starting at 01 represented
the state in alphabetical order). The second two digits represents
the county in alphabetical order starting at 01 for each state. The
third pair of characters represents the bridges place in the NSPCB tally
of that county's bridges, starting at 01 for authentic truss type bridges
or a letter for non-authentic type bridges, an upper case letter for motor
vehicle bridges, and a lower case letter for footbridges. Additionally, bridges that have a leading "(" before the last letter, are considered O.C.B.I. - "Of Covered Bridge Interest" - a Covered Bridge that is
under 12' or is just on the ground and not over anything, i.e., 45-12-(b. |
New Brunswick
Province - General information. There are 65 authentic
covered bridges left in the Province as of February 2006, not 64 as reported
on other sites. At one time in the 1960s there were over 300 bridges.
Of them, 2 are of recent vintage, built since 1991 and the rest dates from
the early 1900s. Most are of the Howe truss Design and two
others are of the Burr truss variety. Almost 25% of New Brunswick’s
covered bridges are in Kings County, centered around Sussex. The
Marven, Bloomfield Creek, French Village, Malone, Smithtown, Bayswater,
Tirney, Moores Mills and MacFarlane cross water south of Sussex.
The bridge at Darling’s Island is still in use even though a “modern” bridge
has been constructed right beside it. The by-passed Moosehorn bridge,
crossing the Moosehorn Creek, can be seen by visitors as they travel on
the Route 1 between Saint John and Sussex. Traveling north of Sussex
one may visit the also by-passed Salmon River Covered Bridge. Nearby
are the Plumweseep, Centreville, Trenton and Oldfield. The Oldfield
Covered Bridge appeared on the 1992 commemorative 25 cent coin. St.
Martins, in St. John County, boasts that the only place in the Province
where once can photograph two structures with one shot. They are
the twin bridges, Vaughan Creek (leading to the Fundy Trail Parkway) and
Hardscrabble. Just a few minutes drive from St. Martins finds the
Tynemouth Creek Covered Bridge spanning the Tynemouth Creek. It was
built in 1927. |