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Sentinel Pine Bridge

Covered bridge · Grafton County, New Hampshire

A walking bridge at the end of the walk through the trails of the Flume. This is the Flume. It was discovered in 1808, it is a natural gorge extending 800 feet
A walking bridge at the end of the walk through the trails of the Flume. This is the Flume. It was discovered in 1808, it is a natural gorge extending 800 feet · Dennis G. Jarvis / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

Sentinel Pine Bridge is a covered bridge in Grafton County, New Hampshire. New Hampshire has 51 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow, 10 of them in Grafton County.

It was built in 1939, in the interwar years, making it the 30th oldest of the 33 in New Hampshire with a recorded construction date; it crosses Pemigewasset River; it is about 60 feet long (15th longest of 16 measured in New Hampshire); the structure is built of wood.

Status check, 2026-11: Pedestrian-only covered footbridge over the Pemigewasset River at The Pool in the Flume Gorge, built in 1939 on the trunk of the Sentinel Pine, which blew down in the 1938 hurricane; local sources give its length as 60 ft 5 in, 60 ft or 61 ft. It stands at 44.1044° N, 71.6779° W.

Key facts

Current structure built1939
CrossesPemigewasset River
Length60 ft
Materialwood
Coordinates44.10435, -71.67793

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Questions

Where is Sentinel Pine Bridge?

Sentinel Pine Bridge is in Grafton County, New Hampshire, at 44.1044, -71.6779.

How many covered bridges are in Grafton County?

Grafton County, New Hampshire has 10 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow.

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