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Dalton Covered Bridge

Covered bridge · Merrimack County, New Hampshire

Dalton Covered Bridge over Warner River, Warner, New Hampshire. Photo by Ken Gallager, May 28, 2011.
Dalton Covered Bridge over Warner River, Warner, New Hampshire. Photo by Ken Gallager, May 28, 2011. · Ken Gallager at en.wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Dalton 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 1853, in the Civil War era, making it the 7th oldest of the 33 in New Hampshire with a recorded construction date; it crosses Warner River.

Status check, 2026-11: Built by Joshua Sanborn and rebuilt in 1963–64; it carries Joppa Road over the Warner River in Warner. Sources disagree on the length: 76 ft span, 77 ft, or 84 ft total. Dalton Covered Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It stands at 43.2767° N, 71.8119° W.

Key facts

Current structure built1853
CrossesWarner River
Heritage designationNational Register of Historic Places listed place
National RegisterListed
Coordinates43.27667, -71.81194

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Questions

Where is Dalton Covered Bridge?

Dalton Covered Bridge is in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, at 43.2767, -71.8119.

How many covered bridges are in Merrimack County?

Merrimack County, New Hampshire has 9 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow.

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Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.