| Kenyon Bridge | |
| Location: | Off NH 12A at Mill Brook and Town House Rd., Cornish City, New Hampshire |
| Coordinates: | 43.4631°N -72.3533°W |
| Architect: | Tasker, James |
| Architecture: | Multiple Kingpost Truss |
| Added: | May 22, 1978 |
| Refnum: | 78000223 |
The Kenyon Bridge, also known as the Blacksmith Shop Bridge, is a historic covered bridge spanning Mill Brook near Town House Road in Cornish, New Hampshire, United States. Built in 1882, it is one of New Hampshire's few surviving 19th-century covered bridges. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
The Kenyon Bridge is located in a wooded rural setting, a short way east of Town House Road about 0.3miles south of its junction with Center Road. It spans Mill Brook in a roughly east-west orientation. It is 96feet long and 14.5feet wide, with a roadbed 90feet long and 13feet wide. The bridge rests on dry-laid stone abutments. The bridge's multiple kingpost trusses are sheltered by a sheet metal roof, with vertical plank siding covering the lower 1/3 of the trusses. Each truss consists of 28 panel sections between 29 posts.
The bridge was built in 1882 by James Frederick Tasker (1826–1903), a local builder well known for his bridges. Its historic name, Blacksmith Shop Bridge, derives from a shop nearby owned by blacksmith John Fellows. It underwent a major rehabilitation in 1963. It is now closed to vehicular traffic, but open to pedestrians. On Town House Rd, at the approximate DD coordinates of 43.463, -72.3539, a sign for Covered Bridge No. 21 marks this bridge.[1]
Other covered bridges in Cornish
Covered bridges in nearby West Windsor, Vermont
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