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Sullivan
County, New Hampshire
New
Hampshire No. 19 (WGN 29-10-07) (WGCB NH-10-07): (1874;
restored 2000) A single-span Town lattice truss 34'
6" over Great Brook. Located: One mile south of SR 12A at Langdon
Village. Directions: 2.1 miles
SE of South Charleston, New Hampshire on SR 12A then 0.6 mile past Fall
Mountain High School and right on Old Cheshire Turnpike 0.2 mile to the
bridge on east side of the road. It is the smallest covered
bridge in New Hampshire. Built by Albert S. Granger, it is the
third bridge on this site. The date of the first structure is unknown but
the second was built in December 1791 on land cleared and settled by John
Prentiss in 1785. In 1805, the Cheshire Turnpike Company took over the
bridge as part of the turnpike from Canada to Boston. On March 10, 1874,
the town voted to raise $1,000 to replace the old structure with a thirty
foot Granger covered bridge. The bridge was built based on a truss design
created and patented by Sanford Granger, a variation of the Town lattice
truss. It served the community until it was bypassed in 1954 and
now serves foot traffic only. The bridge was restored in 2000. It
is also known as the Drewsville Covered Bridge. It
was listed on the National Register of Historic Places May 24, 1973.
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