WayfarrowMount Orne Covered Bridge
Covered bridge · Coos County, New Hampshire
Mount Orne Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Coos County, New Hampshire, described in its record as bridge in United States of America. New Hampshire has 51 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow, 6 of them in Coos County.
It was built in 1911, in the early 20th century, making it the 27th oldest of the 33 in New Hampshire with a recorded construction date; it crosses Connecticut River; it is about 266 feet long (2nd longest of 16 measured in New Hampshire).
Status check, 2026-11: The record's year of 1983 is wrong: that was a 12-week rehabilitation, and the bridge itself was built in 1911. It is a two-span Howe truss across the Connecticut River between Lancaster, NH and Lunenburg, VT, replacing a toll bridge a log jam destroyed in 1908. Mount Orne Covered Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It stands at 44.4600° N, 71.6528° W.
Key facts
| Current structure built | 1911 |
|---|---|
| Crosses | Connecticut River |
| Length | 266 ft |
| Heritage designation | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
| National Register | Listed |
| Coordinates | 44.46000, -71.65280 |
Nearby places
- Mechanic Street Bridgecovered bridge · Coos County · 4.8 mi
- Groveton Bridgecovered bridge · Coos County · 11.7 mi
- Riverwalk Covered Bridge (Littleton)covered bridge · Grafton County · 12.2 mi
- Stark Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Coos County · 15.5 mi
- Burrington Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Caledonia County · 16.9 mi
- Chamberlin Mill Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Caledonia County · 18 mi
- Centre Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Caledonia County · 18.1 mi
- Bradley Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Caledonia County · 18.5 mi
- Parisghost town · Coos County · 21 mi
- Pumpkin Hillghost town · Caledonia County · 21.1 mi
- Sentinel Pine Bridgecovered bridge · Grafton County · 24.6 mi
- Flume Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Grafton County · 25 mi
Questions
Where is Mount Orne Covered Bridge?
Mount Orne Covered Bridge is in Coos County, New Hampshire, at 44.4600, -71.6528.
How many covered bridges are in Coos County?
Coos County, New Hampshire has 6 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow.
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