Columbia Bridge (Connecticut River)

Bridge in New Hampshire and Lemington, Vermont

Columbia Bridge
Bridge in U.S. states of Vermont & New Hampshire
Coordinates	44°51′11″N 71°33′04″W / 44.853°N 71.551°W / 44.853; -71.551
Crosses	Connecticut River
Locale	Columbia, New Hampshire and Lemington, Vermont
Maintained by	Town of Columbia
ID number	29-04-07 (NH #33) 45-05-02 (VT)
Characteristics
Design	Howe truss bridge
Total length	145.75 ft (44.425 m)
Width	20.58 ft (6.273 m) (maximum), 14.66 ft (4.468 m) (roadway)
Longest span	131.5 ft (40.08 m)
Load limit	3 tons
Clearance above	13.08 ft (3.987 m)
History
Construction end	1912 (1912)

Columbia Covered Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Nearest city	Columbia, New Hampshire
Area	1 acre (0.4 ha)
Architect	Charles Babbitt
Architectural style	Howe truss covered bridge
NRHP reference No.	76000123
Added to NRHP	December 12, 1976

The Columbia Bridge is a covered bridge, carrying Columbia Bridge Road over the Connecticut River between Columbia, New Hampshire and Lemington, Vermont. Built in 1911–12, it is one of only two New Hampshire bridges (along with the Mount Orne Covered Bridge) built with Howe trusses, and is one of the last covered bridges built in the historic era of covered bridge construction in both states. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

Description and history

The Columbia Bridge stands in southeastern Lemington and northwestern Columbia, both rural communities in the northern parts of their respective states. It carries Columbia Bridge Road between United States Route 3 in New Hampshire and Vermont Route 102 in Vermont. It is in a rural agricultural setting, and is oriented northwest-to-southeast across the Connecticut River, on abutments of dry laid stone that have been faced in concrete. It is a wood-iron Howe truss design, with a single span that is 146 feet (45 m) long. The bridge has a total width of 20.5 feet (6.2 m) and a roadway with of 15.5 feet (4.7 m), and an internal clearance of 13 feet (4.0 m). The exterior is sheathed in vertical board siding, which extends a short way into each portal to protect the truss ends. The siding on the north side rises to a height of 6 feet (1.8 m), leaving an open space between it and the gabled roof.

The bridge was built by Charles Babbitt in 1912, replacing one destroyed by fire the previous year, and is the third to stand on the site. The bridge is considered to be one of the last built in either state during the historic period of covered bridge construction. It was rehabilitated by the state of New Hampshire in 1981 at a cost of $143,000.

References

Official New Hampshire site about this bridge
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "NRHP nomination for Columbia Bridge". Retrieved 2014-10-25.

External links

Columbia Bridge at Structurae
Columbia Bridge, NH Division of Historical Resources

Crossings of the Connecticut River

Upstream
Route 26 Bridge

Columbia Covered Bridge

Downstream
Route 105 Bridge

v t e National Register of Historic Places in Coös County, New Hampshire
National Historic Landmark	Mount Washington Hotel
Historic districts	The Balsams Martin Homestead Mountain View House Saint Anne Historic District Waumbek Cottages Historic District
Historic properties	Benjamin Aldrich Homestead Columbia Covered Bridge‡ Congregational Church Crawford Depot Crawford House Artist's Studio Fabyan Guard Station Garland Mill George E. Burgess School-Notre Dame High School George Washington Noyes House Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church Indian Stream Schoolhouse Meadow Bridge Mount Orne Covered Bridge‡ Mt. Jasper Lithic Source Nansen Ski Jump Philbrook Farm Inn Potter Site St. Anne Church Stark Covered Bridge Stark Union Church Tip-Top House US Post Office-Lancaster Main Wallace Farm Weeks Estate Wilder-Holton House William Dennis Weeks Memorial Library
Footnotes	‡This historic property also has portions in an adjacent state.
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Coös County, New Hampshire and List of National Historic Landmarks in New Hampshire

v t e National Register of Historic Places in Essex County, Vermont
Districts	Guildhall Village Historic District Judge David Hibbard Homestead Island Pond Historic District Maidstone State Park
Buildings	Jacobs Stand U.S. Inspection Station-Beecher Falls, Vermont U.S. Inspection Station-Canaan, Vermont U.S. Inspection Station-Norton, Vermont
Structures	Bloomfield-Nulhegan River Route 102 Bridge Columbia Covered Bridge ‡ Mount Orne Covered Bridge ‡
Footnotes	‡ This historic property also has portions in an adjacent state.
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Vermont and List of National Historic Landmarks in Vermont

Connecticut River watershed

Tributaries

Connecticut	Blackledge River Coginchaug River Connecticut River Duck River Eightmile River Falls River Farmington River Hockanum River Hubbard River Jeremy River Lieutenant River Mattabesset River Nepaug River Pameacha Creek Park River Pequabuck River Salmon River Scantic River
Massachusetts	Burnshirt River Chapel Brook Chicopee River Connecticut River Cranberry River Deerfield River East Brookfield River Farmington River Fall River Five Mile River Green River Hubbard River Manhan River Mill River (Northampton) Mill River (Springfield) Millers River Mirey Brook North Branch Millers River North Branch Westfield River North River Otter River Quaboag River Scantic River Seven Mile River Tarbell Brook Ware River Westfield River
New Hampshire	Ammonoosuc River Ashuelot River Blow-me-down Brook The Branch Cold River Connecticut River East Branch Mohawk River Gale River Great Brook Halls Stream Ham Branch Indian River Indian Stream Israel River Johns River Knox River Little River Little Sugar River Mascoma River Millers River Mink Brook Mirey Brook Mohawk River Nash Stream North Branch Gale River North Branch Millers River North Branch Sugar River North Branch Upper Ammonoosuc River Oliverian Brook Otter Brook Partridge Brook Perry Stream Phillips Brook Simms Stream South Branch Ashuelot River South Branch Gale River South Branch Israel River South Branch Sugar River Stocker Brook Sugar River Tarbell Brook Upper Ammonoosuc River West Branch Mohawk River West Branch Upper Ammonoosuc River Wild Ammonoosuc River Zealand River
Vermont	Black River Connecticut River Deerfield River Fall River Green River Halls Stream Leach Creek Moose River Nulhegan River Ompompanoosuc River Ottauquechee River Passumpsic River Rock River Saxtons River Utley Brook Waits River Wells River West River Whetstone Brook White River Williams River Winhall River

Lakes

Connecticut	Barkhamsted Reservoir Lake Beseck Lake Hayward Lake Pocotopaug
Massachusetts	Brooks Pond Browning Pond Lake Monomonac Quabbin Reservoir Lake Wyola
New Hampshire	Ashuelot Pond Back Lake Canaan Street Lake Cedar Pond Christine Lake Comerford Reservoir Connecticut Lakes Crystal Lake Dublin Pond Eastman Pond Echo Lake Lake Francis (Murphy Dam) Goose Pond Grafton Pond Granite Lake Lakes of the Clouds Little Sunapee Lake Mascoma Lake McIndoes Reservoir Lake Monomonac Moore Reservoir Pearly Lake Silver Lake Spofford Lake Lake Sunapee Surry Mountain Lake Lake Tarleton
Vermont	Ball Mountain Lake Comerford Reservoir Harriman Reservoir Harvey's Lake McIndoes Reservoir Moore Reservoir North Hartland Lake Lake Rescue Townshend Lake

Towns

Connecticut	Chester Cromwell Deep River East Haddam East Hampton East Hartford East Windsor Enfield Essex Glastonbury Haddam Hartford Higganum Lyme Middletown Moodus Old Lyme Old Saybrook Portland Rocky Hill South Windsor Suffield Thompsonville Wethersfield Windsor Windsor Locks
Massachusetts	Agawam Chicopee Deerfield Easthampton Gill Greenfield Hadley Hatfield Holyoke Longmeadow Millers Falls Montague Northampton Northfield South Hadley Springfield Sunderland Turners Falls West Springfield Whately
New Hampshire	Bath Charlestown Chesterfield Claremont Clarksville Colebrook Columbia Cornish Dalton Groveton Hanover Haverhill Hinsdale Lancaster Lebanon Littleton Lyme Monroe Northumberland Orford Piermont Pittsburg Plainfield Stewartstown Stratford Walpole West Lebanon Westmoreland Woodsville
Quebec	East Hereford
Vermont	Ascutney Barnet Beecher Falls Bellows Falls Bloomfield Bradford Brattleboro Brunswick Canaan Concord Dummerston Fairlee Gilman Guildhall Hartford Hartland Lemington Lunenburg Maidstone Newbury Norwich Putney Rockingham Ryegate Springfield Thetford Vernon Waterford Weathersfield Wells River Westminster White River Junction Wilder Windsor

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