WayfarrowSlate Covered Bridge
Covered bridge · Cheshire County, New Hampshire
Slate Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Cheshire County, New Hampshire. New Hampshire has 51 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow, 8 of them in Cheshire County.
It was built in 2001, in the postwar decades, making it the 33rd oldest of the 33 in New Hampshire with a recorded construction date; it crosses Ashuelot River; it is about 142 feet long (7th longest of 16 measured in New Hampshire).
Status check, 2026-11: Built in 2001 as a reproduction of the 1862 Town lattice bridge, which arsonists destroyed on March 8, 1993; Bridgehunter gives the length as 143.1 ft. Slate Covered Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It stands at 42.8472° N, 72.3403° W.
Key facts
| Current structure built | 2001 |
|---|---|
| Crosses | Ashuelot River |
| Length | 142 ft |
| Heritage designation | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
| National Register | Listed |
| Coordinates | 42.84722, -72.34028 |
Nearby places
- Coombs Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Cheshire County · 1.2 mi
- West Swanzey Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Cheshire County · 1.8 mi
- Carleton Bridgecovered bridge · Cheshire County · 3.4 mi
- Sawyers Crossing Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Cheshire County · 3.8 mi
- Ashuelot Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Cheshire County · 6.5 mi
- Algiersghost town · Windham County · 11.7 mi
- Creamery Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Windham County · 12.5 mi
- West Dummerston Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Windham County · 15.2 mi
- Green River Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Windham County · 17.3 mi
- Williamsville Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Windham County · 18.8 mi
- Factory Villageghost town · Franklin County · 19.3 mi
- Cheshire Railroad Connecticut River Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Cheshire County · 20.6 mi
Questions
Where is Slate Covered Bridge?
Slate Covered Bridge is in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, at 42.8472, -72.3403.
How many covered bridges are in Cheshire County?
Cheshire County, New Hampshire has 8 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow.
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