Bridge Statistics

Region:  Southern County:  Windsor Town:  Windsor Locality:  Windsor Position - Lat:  Lon:  N 43 28.424 W 72 23.025 Owner:  New Hampshire Department of Transportation Bridge Carries:  Bridge Street - in Vermont Cornish Toll Road - in New Hampshire Bridge Crosses:  Connecticut River Bridge Traffic:  Vehicular Truss Type:  Town Lattice Year Built:  1866 Builder:  James Tasker & Bela J. Fletcher Structure Characteristics:  Span:  465'-0" Width: 34'-0" Lanes: 2 Posted Load: Unknown Posted Vertical Clearance: 12'-9" World Guide No.: 45-14-16 National Register of Historic Places Date: Unknown

Description
The Windsor-Cornish Bridge is a two span 460 foot long Town Lattice Truss. It carries Bridge Street in Vermont and the Cornish Toll Road in New Hampshire over Connecticut River in Windsor Vermont and Cornish New Hampshire. This bridge was built in 1866 and is the longest covered bridges in the United States.

Photography
Easy to photograph from New Hampshire. Truss difficult to photograph due to heavy traffic on bridge.

Parking
Parking available both sides of bridge. Larger area in New Hampshire.

Truss

Location Map

Location

0.3 miles south of the junction of VT44 at Windsor on US5 then 0.2 miles left. In Windsor County.