List_of_covered_bridges_in_New_Brunswick
This is a list of covered bridges in New Brunswick. There are 58 covered bridges in the Canadian province of New Brunswick.[1] Bridges are single span, unless noted.
Name | County | Location | Built | Length (m) | Truss type | Notes | Photo |
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Coverdale River No. 3 (Colpitts, Bramford) | Albert | Colpitts Road, near Salisbury 45.988336°N 64.973774°W / 45.988336; -64.973774 (Coverdale River Covered Bridge) |
1943 | 31 | Burr variation | On Private Road | |
Crooked Creek No. 3 | Albert | Crooked Creek Road. 45.7970°N 64.7767°W / 45.7970; -64.7767 (Crooked Creek #3 Covered Bridge) |
1945 | 28 | Howe & Queen | Not in service. In the Caledonia Gorge Protected Natural Area. | |
Tantramar River No. 2 (Wheaton) | Westmorland | High Marsh Road 45.931726°N 64.330294°W / 45.931726; -64.330294 (Tantramar River #2 (Wheaton) Covered Bridge) |
1916 | 50 | Howe & Queen | The site until 1840 of a bridge on the post road, then called the Westmorland Great Road, the main route across the narrow Isthmus of Chignecto that connects Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.[2] | |
Benton or Eel River No. 3 | York | Benton Road
45.9867°N 67.6083°W / 45.9867; -67.6083 (Benton or Eel River #3 Covered Bridge) |
1927 | 32 | |||
Forty Five River No. 1 | Albert | Forty-Five Road 45.6870°N 64.9530°W / 45.6870; -64.9530 (Lower Forty Five Covered Bridge) |
1914 | 29 | Howe & Queen | Built by Alex Garland.[3] In Fundy National Park. 17 ft roadway. | |
Mitton William | Albert | Mitton Road, Riverview 46.043626098580326°N 64.87809317288605°W / 46.043626098580326; -64.87809317288605 (Mitton William) |
1942 | 23 | Not in service | ||
Point Wolfe | Albert | Point Wolfe Road 45.5507°N 65.0130°W / 45.5507; -65.0130 (Point Wolfe) |
1992 | 29 | Howe & Queen | In Fundy National Park. Replaces the original bridge which had been built in 1916 and lost in 1990.[4] | |
Sawmill Creek No. 0.5 | Albert | Hopewell Hill 45.7647°N 64.6925°W / 45.7647; -64.6925 (Hopewell Hill) |
1908 | 33 | Not in service | ||
Shepody River No. 3 (Germantown Lake) | Albert | Midway Road 45.6667°N 64.8113°W / 45.6667; -64.8113 (Shepody River #3 (Germantown Lake)) |
1903 | 19 | Howe & Queen | ||
Turtle Creek No. 4 (Jonah, Peter) | Albert | Dewey Road
46.0029°N 64.9002°W / 46.0029; -64.9002 (Turtle Creek #4 (Jonah, Peter)) |
1912 | 20 | Not in service. Moved in 2013 to dry land. | ||
Weldon Creek No. 3 (Steeves, Hartley) | Albert | Salem, near Hillsborough
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1923 | 18 | Howe & Queen | Built by John Forbes.[5] | |
Hartland | Carleton | Hartland | 1901 | 391 | Howe | Covered in 1921. National Historic Site and Provincial Historic Place. Longest covered bridge in the world.[6] Seven spans. | |
Florenceville | Carleton | Florenceville | 1907 | 47 | Howe | A five-span bridge of which one is covered and the others are steel. | |
North Becaguimec River No. 4 (Ellis) | Carleton | Lower Windsor
46.3535°N 67.3868°W / 46.3535; -67.3868 (North Becaguimec River #4 (Ellis)) |
1909 | 18 | Howe & Queen | ||
Canal | Charlotte | Canal | 1917 | 38 | Howe & Queen | ||
Dennis Stream No. 3 (Maxwell Crossing) | Charlotte | Old Ridge
45.2448°N 67.2668°W / 45.2448; -67.2668 (Dennis Stream #3 (Maxwell Crossing)) |
1910 | 18 | Howe | ||
Digdeguash River (McGuire) No. 3 (McGuire) | Charlotte | Elmsville
46.0029°N 64.9002°W / 46.0029; -64.9002 (Digdeguash River (McGuire) #3 (McGuire)) |
1913 | 35 | |||
Digdeguash River (McCann) No. 4 (McCann) | Charlotte | 46.0029°N 64.9002°W / 46.0029; -64.9002 (Digdeguash River (McCann) #4 (McCann)) | 1938 | 86 | |||
Digdeguash River (Dumbarton) No. 6 (Dumbarton) | Charlotte | Tyron Road
45.3785°N 67.1305°W / 45.3785; -67.1305 (Digdeguash River (Dumbarton) #6 (Dumbarton)) |
1928 | 76 | |||
Little Lepreau River No. 1.5 (Mill Pond) | Charlotte | Little Lepreau
46.0029°N 64.9002°W / 46.0029; -64.9002 (Little Lepreau River #1.5 (Mill Pond)) |
1910 | 32 | Relocated next to new bridge. Accessible to walk through. | ||
Magaguadavic River No. 7 (Flume Ridge) | Charlotte | Flume Falls
45.4570°N 67.0162°W / 45.4570; -67.0162 (Magaguadavic River #7 (Flume Ridge)) |
1905 | 18 | Modified Pratt & Queen | ||
Graham Creek | Kent | Route 510
46.60165211695204°N 64.94493520996093°W / 46.60165211695204; -64.94493520996093 (Graham Creek) |
1928 | 41 | |||
Kouchibouguasis No. 5 (Camerons Mill) | Kent | Camerons Mill | 1950 | 42 | |||
Belleisle Creek No. 2 (Marven) | Kings | Swamp Road
45.68882°N 65.7718864°W / 45.68882; -65.7718864 (Belleisle Creek No.2 (Marven)) |
1903 | 22 | |||
Bloomfield Creek | Kings | Bloomfield Station Road | 1917 | 45 | |||
Darlings Island | Kings | Darlings Island Road | 1914 | 42 | Not in service | ||
Kennebecasis River (Salmon) | Kings | Route 890 | 1908 | 34 | Not in service | ||
Hammond River No. 3 (Smithtown) | Kings | Damascus Road
45.4637838°N 65.8051952°W / 45.4637838; -65.8051952 (Hammond River No. 3 (Smithtown)) |
1914 | 56 | |||
Kennebecasis River (Malone) | Kings | Goshen Road | 1911 | 18 | |||
Kennebecasis River (Plumweseep) | Kings | Plumweseep
45.7413934°N 65.44671446°W / 45.7413934; -65.44671446 (Kennebecasis River (Plumweseep)) |
1911 | 23 | Named for the Maliseet word for Salmon River.[7] | ||
Millstream River | Kings | Pleasant Ridge Branch Road | 1911 | 29 | |||
Milkish Inlet No. 1 (Bayswater) | Kings | Route 845 | 1920 | 67 | |||
Smith Creek No. 1 (Tranton) | Kings | Roachville | 1927 | 37 | |||
Moosehorn Creek No. 1.5 | Kings | Riverview Drive South | 1915 | 29 | Not in service | ||
Trout Creek No. 5 (Moores Mills) | Kings | Urney Road | 1905 | 20 | |||
Smith Creek No. 5 (Oldfields) | Kings | Oldfield Road | 1910 | 28 | Was pictured on 1992 quarter.[8] | ||
Ward's Creek No.2 (MacFarlane) | Kings | Upper Wards Creek | 1909 | 18 | |||
Baker Brook No. 2 (Morneault) | Madawaska | Cyr Street | 1939 | 29 | Not in service | ||
Green River No. 3 (Boniface) | Madawaska | Boniface Road | 1925 | 58 | |||
Quisibis River No. 2 | Madawaska | Deschenes Road | 1951 | 17 | |||
Mill Brook No. 0.5 (Nelson Hollow) | Northumberland | Lyons Road | 1900 | 25 | Not in service. Oldest covered bridge in New Brunswick.[9] | ||
Gaspereau River No. 2 (Burpee) | Queens | Upper Gaspereau | 1913 | 50 | |||
Long Creek No. 1 (Starkey) | Queens | Starkey Road | 1912 | 42 | Reopened for vehicle traffic. | ||
Irish River No. 2 (Hardscrabble) | Saint John | Fundy-St. Martins | 1946 | 22 | |||
Tynemouth Creek | Saint John | Tynemouth
45.31407452001663°N 65.65531826755523°W / 45.31407452001663; -65.65531826755523 (Tynemouth Creek) |
1927 | 29 | |||
Irish River No. 1 (Vaughan Creek) | Saint John | Fundy-St. Martins | 1935 | 22 | Not in service | ||
Vaughan Creek Covered Bridge | Saint John | Fundy-St. Martins
45.3587049°N 65.5325839°W / 45.3587049; -65.5325839 (Vaughan Creek Covered Bridge) |
September 1, 2022 | 32 | This bridge replaced the existing covered bridge. This is the only two-lane covered bridge in New Brunswick. There is a pedestrian walkway as well.[10][11] | ||
Back Creek No. 2 (Hoyt Station) | Sunbury | Hoyt Station Road | 1936 | 29 | |||
Rusagonis River No. 2 (Patrick Owens) | Sunbury | Wilsey Road | 1909 | 70 | 2 spans | ||
South Oromocto River No. 3 (Bell) | Sunbury | Mill Settlement | 1912 | 42 | |||
Odellach River No. 2 (Tomlinson Mill) | Victoria | Tomlinson Mill Road | 1918 | 18 | |||
Cocagne River (Poirier) | Westmorland | Poirier Office Road
46.2690832°N 64.7967009°W / 46.2690832; -64.7967009 (Cocagne River (Poirier)) |
1942 | 41 | |||
Cocagne River (Budd) | Westmorland | Victoria Road
46.2398245°N 64.8879391°W / 46.2398245; -64.8879391 (Cocagne River (Budd)) |
1913 | 25 | |||
Coverdale River No. 7 (now at Magnetic Hill) | Westmorland | Magnetic Hill Theme Park | 1983 | 18 | Not owned by DTI | ||
Memramcook River No. 4 (Boudreau) | Westmorland | Gayton Road | 1930 | 23 | |||
William Mitton Bridge | Westmorland | Powers Pit Road | 1930 | 38 | Not in service | ||
Shediac River No. 4 (Joshua Gallant) | Westmorland | Shediac River Road | 1935 | 26 | Not in service | ||
Nackawick River No. 5 (Nackawic Siding) | York | Nortondale
46.1462001°N 67.2761764°W / 46.1462001; -67.2761764 (Nackawick River #5 (Nackawic Siding)) |
1927 | 18 |
In 2018, the 87-year old Bell Bridge, near Hoyt, south of Fredericton, was demolished following flood damage.[12]
In 2017, a 104-year-old covered bridge (Hammond River No. 2) over the Hammond River was demolished and replaced with a modular bridge. According to the provincial government, local residents did not wish to save it.[13]
In 2014, the Cherryvale covered bridge, built in 1927, was washed away by flooding on the Canaan River and destroyed.[14]
In 2011 the Mangrum or Stormdale Bridge (Becaguimec Stream No. 3), constructed in 1909, burned following probable arson.[15]
In 2009 the Adair Bridge (North Becaguimec No. 1), constructed in 1948, was destroyed beyond repair by an arsonist.[16]
In 2001, the 82-year-old Mundleville covered bridge burned down.[17] At 153 metres, it was the second longest covered bridge in the province.[18][19]
- Government of New Brunswick, Canada (7 October 2011). "New Brunswick's Covered Bridges - Transportation and Infrastructure". www2.gnb.ca. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- "Wheaton Covered Bridge". Tantramar Historic Sites. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- "Lower Forty Five #1, Albert County". Covered Spans of Yesteryear. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- "Point Wolfe, Albert County". www.lostbridges.org. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- "Hartley Steeves or Weldon Creek #3, Albert County". www.lostbridges.org. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- "Hartland Covered Bridge". Tourism New Brunswick. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- "Covered Bridges: A Part of New Brunswick's Heritage". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- Government of New Brunswick, Canada (12 October 2011). "Kings County - Covered Bridge - New Brunswick". www2.gnb.ca. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- "Mill Brook No. 0.5 Covered Bridge (Nelson Hollow)". Tourism New Brunswick. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- "Vaughan Creek Covered Bridge (Irish River No. 1)". Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- "Vaughan Creek Covered Bridge Replacement Project". Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- Fowler, Shane (17 January 2018). "Demolition of Hoyt's 87-year-old Bell Bridge is underway | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- Pruss, Viola. "Covered bridge across Hammond River to be replaced with modular one". CBC. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- "Cherryvale's 87-year-old covered bridge being disassembled - New Brunswick | Globalnews.ca". globalnews.ca. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- "Squeaky wheel gets bridge". CBC News. 9 March 2001. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- "Bridge Losses 1954-2001" (PDF). archives.gnb.ca. Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. 31 August 2004. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- "Loss of bridge inconvenience for area residents". CBC News. 5 March 2001. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
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