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The West Cornwall Covered Bridge (an earlier incarnation was known as the Hart Bridge) is a wooden covered lattice truss bridge carrying the Sharon-Goshen Turnpike over the Housatonic River in the town of Cornwall, Connecticut. Records indicate that a bridge may have been in place in this location as early as 1762.
Three wooden covered bridges cross the Housatonic River. Two are in Connecticut: one known as Bull's Bridge, which spans the river between Gaylordsville and Kent, and another at Cornwall, known as the West Cornwall Covered Bridge. Reinforced with present-day materials, both bridges carry normal vehicle traffic, albeit in only one direction at a ...
Cornwall has long been known as the “Home of the Covered Bridge,” which has spanned the Housatonic River since 1864. One of only three surviving covered bridges in Connecticut, the bridge is a popular tourist destination and among the most-photographed locations in the state.
Howe truss covered bridge Depot Street Bridge: 1935 ... Open-spandrel concrete arch bascule bridge West Cornwall Covered Bridge: 1864 1975-12-30 West Cornwall
1960s postcard of Cornwall Bridge. The Cornwall Bridge is located in southwestern Cornwall and southeastern Sharon, near the village known as Cornwall Bridge.It is oriented east-west, principally crossing the south-flowing Housatonic River, but also the tracks of the Housatonic Railroad which parallels the river's east bank, and roads named River Road on each side.
West Cornwall Covered Bridge in the snow. Portal:Connecticut/Selected picture/6 One of the beaches ...
Name Image County Location Built Length Crosses Ownership Truss Notes Ashland Covered Bridge [1]: New Castle: Ashland: ca. 1860: 52 feet (16 m) Red Clay Creek
Also called Bicentennial Bridge [2] West Cornwall Covered Bridge [3] Litchfield: West Cornwall: 1864 173 feet (53 m) Housatonic River: Town of Cornwall: Town: Also called Hart Covered Bridge Worthington Pond Farm Bridge [1]: 28–29 Tolland: Somers