The Canadian province of New Brunswick has 58 covered bridges, according to the Government of New Brunswick.[1] The Hartland Covered Bridge in Hartland is the world's longest covered bridge, spanning . The most recent covered bridge constructed in New Brunswick is the Vaughan Creek Covered Bridge, which was reconstructed to add a second lane.[2] The county with the most covered bridges is Kings County with 15,[3] while Northumberland and Victoria counties both have one each.[4] [5] Additionally, both Restigouche and Gloucester counties have no covered bridges.[6] [7] Bridges are single span, unless noted.
| Name | County | Location | Built | Length (m) | Truss type | Notes | Photo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coverdale River 3 (Colpitts, Bramford) | Albert | Colpitts Road, near Salisbury 45.9883°N -64.9738°W | 1943 | 31 | Burr variation | On Private Road | ||
| Crooked Creek No. 3 | Albert | Crooked Creek Road. 45.797°N -64.7767°W | 1945 | 28 | Howe & Queen | Not in service. In the Caledonia Gorge Protected Natural Area. | ||
| Tantramar River No. 2 (Wheaton) | Westmorland | High Marsh Road 45.9317°N -64.3303°W | 1916 | 51 | Howe & Queen | The site until 1840 of a bridge on the post road, then called the Westmorland Great Road, the main route across the narrow Isthmus of Chignecto that connects Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.[8] | ||
| Benton or Eel River No. 3 | York | Benton Road45.9867°N -67.6083°W | 1927 | 32 | ||||
| Forty Five River No. 1 | Albert | Forty-Five Road 45.687°N -64.953°W | 1914 | 29 | Howe & Queen | Built by Alex Garland.[9] In Fundy National Park. 17 ft roadway. | ||
| Mitton William | Albert | Mitton Road, Riverview 46.0436°N -64.8781°W | 1942 | 23 | Not in service | |||
| Point Wolfe | Albert | Point Wolfe Road 45.5507°N -65.013°W | 1992 | 29 | Howe & Queen | In Fundy National Park. Replaces the original bridge which had been built in 1916 and lost in 1990.[10] | ||
| Sawmill Creek No. 0.5 | Albert | Hopewell Hill 45.7647°N -64.6925°W | 1908 | 33 | Not in service | |||
| Shepody River No. 3 (Germantown Lake) | Albert | Midway Road 45.6667°N -64.8113°W | 1903 | 19 | Howe & Queen | |||
| Turtle Creek No. 4 (Jonah, Peter) | Albert | Dewey Road46.0029°N -64.9002°W | 1912 | 20 | Not in service. Moved in 2013 to dry land. | |||
| Weldon Creek No. 3 (Steeves, Hartley) | Albert | Salem, near Hillsborough 45.9172°N -64.701°W | 1923 | 18 | Howe & Queen | Built by John Forbes.[11] | ||
| Hartland | Carleton | Hartland46.2967°N -67.5303°W | 1901 | 391 | Howe | Covered in 1921. National Historic Site and Provincial Historic Place. Longest covered bridge in the world.[12] Seven spans. | ||
| Florenceville | Carleton | Florenceville46.4417°N -67.6213°W | 1907 | 47 | Howe | A five-span bridge of which one is covered and the others are steel. | ||
| North Becaguimec River No. 4 (Ellis) | Carleton | Lower Windsor46.3535°N -67.3868°W | 1909 | 18 | Howe & Queen | |||
| Canal | Charlotte | Canal45.1602°N -66.8273°W | 1917 | 38 | Howe & Queen | |||
| Dennis Stream No. 3 (Maxwell Crossing) | Charlotte | Old Ridge45.2448°N -67.2668°W | 1910 | 18 | Howe | |||
| Digdeguash River (McGuire) No. 3 (McGuire) | Charlotte | Elmsville46.0029°N -64.9002°W | 1913 | 35 | ||||
| Digdeguash River (McCann) No. 4 (McCann) | Charlotte | 46.0029°N -64.9002°W | 1938 | 86 | ||||
| Digdeguash River (Dumbarton) No. 6 (Dumbarton) | Charlotte | Tyron Road45.3785°N -67.1305°W | 1928 | 76 | ||||
| Little Lepreau River No. 1.5 (Mill Pond) | Charlotte | Little Lepreau46.0029°N -64.9002°W | 1910 | 32 | Relocated next to new bridge. Accessible to walk through. | |||
| Magaguadavic River No. 7 (Flume Ridge) | Charlotte | Flume Falls45.457°N -67.0162°W | 1905 | 18 | Modified Pratt & Queen | |||
| Graham Creek | Kent | Route 51046.6017°N -64.9449°W | 1928 | 41 | ||||
| Kouchibouguasis No. 5 (Camerons Mill) | Kent | Camerons Mill46.6764°N -65.1314°W | 1950 | 42 | ||||
| Belleisle Creek No. 2 (Marven) | Kings | Swamp Road45.6888°N -65.7719°W | 1903 | 22 | ||||
| Bloomfield Creek | Kings | Bloomfield Station Road45.5779°N -65.757°W | 1917 | 45 | ||||
| Darlings Island | Kings | Darlings Island Road45.4785°N -65.899°W | 1914 | 42 | Not in service | |||
| Kennebecasis River (Salmon) | Kings | Route 89045.7431°N -65.4988°W | 1908 | 34 | Not in service | |||
| Hammond River No. 3 (Smithtown) | Kings | Damascus Road45.4638°N -65.8052°W | 1914 | 56 | ||||
| Kennebecasis River (Malone) | Kings | Goshen Road45.7599°N -65.211°W | 1911 | 18 | ||||
| Kennebecasis River (Plumweseep) | Kings | Plumweseep45.7414°N -65.4467°W | 1911 | 23 | Named for the Maliseet word for Salmon River.[13] | |||
| Millstream River | Kings | Pleasant Ridge Branch Road | 1911 | 29 | ||||
| Milkish Inlet No. 1 (Bayswater) | Kings | Route 84545.3397°N -66.1454°W | 1920 | 67 | ||||
| Smith Creek No. 1 (Tranton) | Kings | Roachville45.7436°N -65.5094°W | 1927 | 37 | ||||
| Moosehorn Creek No. 1.5 | Kings | Riverview Drive South45.6163°N -65.7156°W | 1915 | 29 | Not in service | |||
| Trout Creek No. 5 (Moores Mills) | Kings | Urney Road45.6823°N -65.3774°W | 1905 | 20 | ||||
| Smith Creek No. 5 (Oldfields) | Kings | Oldfield Road45.8289°N -65.4492°W | 1910 | 28 | Was pictured on 1992 quarter.[14] | |||
| Ward's Creek No.2 (MacFarlane) | Kings | Upper Wards Creek45.6724°N -65.5049°W | 1909 | 18 | ||||
| Baker Brook No. 2 (Morneault) | Madawaska | Cyr Street47.3286°N -68.5138°W | 1939 | 29 | Not in service | |||
| Green River No. 3 (Boniface) | Madawaska | Boniface Road47.3552°N -68.1517°W | 1925 | 58 | ||||
| Quisibis River No. 2 | Madawaska | Deschenes Road47.3072°N -68.0858°W | 1951 | 17 | ||||
| Mill Brook No. 0.5 (Nelson Hollow) | Northumberland | Lyons Road46.545°N -66.1661°W | 1900 | 25 | Not in service. Oldest covered bridge in New Brunswick.[15] | |||
| Gaspereau River No. 2 (Burpee) | Queens | Upper Gaspereau46.2466°N -65.8635°W | 1913 | 50 | ||||
| Long Creek No. 1 (Starkey) | Queens | Starkey Road45.9164°N -65.8069°W | 1912 | 42 | Reopened for vehicle traffic. | |||
| Irish River No. 2 (Hardscrabble) | Saint John | Fundy-St. Martins45.3592°N -65.5366°W | 1946 | 22 | ||||
| Tynemouth Creek | Saint John | Tynemouth45.3141°N -65.6553°W | 1927 | 29 | ||||
| Irish River #1 (Vaughan Creek) | Saint John | Fundy-St. Martins45.3587°N -65.5326°W | September 1, 2022 | 32 | This bridge replaced the existing covered bridge. This is the only two-lane covered bridge in New Brunswick. There is a pedestrian walkway as well.[16] [17] | |||
| Back Creek No. 2 (Hoyt Station) | Sunbury | Hoyt Station Road45.5759°N -66.5604°W | 1936 | 29 | ||||
| Rusagonis River No. 2 (Patrick Owens) | Sunbury | Wilsey Road45.8221°N -66.587°W | 1909 | 70 | 2 spans | |||
| South Oromocto River No. 3 (Bell) | Sunbury | Mill Settlement45.5613°N -66.5884°W | 1912 | 42 | ||||
| Odellach River No. 2 (Tomlinson Mill) | Victoria | Tomlinson Mill Road46.7997°N -67.4938°W | 1918 | 18 | ||||
| Cocagne River (Poirier) | Westmorland | Poirier Office Road46.2691°N -64.7967°W | 1942 | 41 | ||||
| Cocagne River (Budd) | Westmorland | Victoria Road46.2398°N -64.8879°W | 1913 | 25 | ||||
| Coverdale River No. 7 (now at Magnetic Hill) | Westmorland | Magnetic Hill Theme Park46.1201°N -64.8466°W | 1983 | 18 | Not owned by DTI | |||
| Memramcook River No. 4 (Boudreau) | Westmorland | Gayton Road46.0238°N -64.5568°W | 1930 | 23 | ||||
| William Mitton Bridge | Westmorland | Powers Pit Road46.054°N -64.8493°W | 1930 | 38 | Not in service | |||
| Shediac River No. 4 (Joshua Gallant) | Westmorland | Shediac River Road46.2416°N -64.6328°W | 1935 | 26 | Not in service | |||
| Nackawick River No. 5 (Nackawic Siding) | York | Nortondale46.1462°N -67.2762°W | 1927 | 18 |
In 2018, the 87-year old Bell Bridge, near Hoyt, south of Fredericton, was demolished following flood damage.[18]
In 2017, a 104-year-old covered bridge (Hammond River No. 2) over the Hammond River was demolished and replaced with a modular bridge. According to the provincial government, local residents did not wish to save it.[19]
In 2014, the Cherryvale covered bridge, built in 1927, was washed away by flooding on the Canaan River and destroyed.[20]
In 2011 the Mangrum or Stormdale Bridge (Becaguimec Stream No. 3), constructed in 1909, burned following probable arson.[21]
In 2009 the Adair Bridge (North Becaguimec No. 1), constructed in 1948, was destroyed beyond repair by an arsonist.[22]
In 2001, the 82-year-old Mundleville covered bridge burned down.[23] At 153 metres, it was the second longest covered bridge in the province.[24] [25]