WayfarrowHenniker Covered Bridge
Covered bridge · Merrimack County, New Hampshire
Henniker Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Merrimack County, New Hampshire. New Hampshire has 51 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow, 9 of them in Merrimack County.
It was built in 1972, in the postwar decades, making it the 31st oldest of the 33 in New Hampshire with a recorded construction date; it crosses Contoocook River; it is about 136 feet long (8th longest of 16 measured in New Hampshire).
Status check, 2026-11: A two-span Town lattice footbridge at New England College, built in 1972 by Milton and Arnold Graton using traditional methods. One source gives 137 ft instead of 136. It stands at 43.1774° N, 71.8242° W.
Key facts
| Current structure built | 1972 |
|---|---|
| Crosses | Contoocook River |
| Length | 136 ft |
| Coordinates | 43.17744, -71.82425 |
Nearby places
- Rowell's Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Merrimack County · 4 mi
- Contoocook Railroad Bridgecovered bridge · Merrimack County · 6.4 mi
- Contoocook Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Merrimack County · 6.4 mi
- Dalton Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Merrimack County · 6.9 mi
- Waterloo Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Merrimack County · 7.8 mi
- Fessendenghost town · Hillsborough County · 8.7 mi
- Bement Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Merrimack County · 8.9 mi
- East Weareghost town · Hillsborough County · 9.4 mi
- Everettghost town · Hillsborough County · 10.6 mi
- Sargentghost town · Hillsborough County · 12.1 mi
- Goffstown Covered Railroad Bridgecovered bridge · Hillsborough County · 15.8 mi
- Hancock-Greenfield Bridgecovered bridge · Hillsborough County · 16.3 mi
Questions
Where is Henniker Covered Bridge?
Henniker Covered Bridge is in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, at 43.1774, -71.8242.
How many covered bridges are in Merrimack County?
Merrimack County, New Hampshire has 9 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow.
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