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.
Existing bridges
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°59′18″N 64°58′26″W / 45.988336°N 64.973774°W |
1943 | 31 | Burr variation | On Private Road | |
Crooked Creek No. 3 | Albert | Crooked Creek Road. 45°47′49″N 64°46′36″W / 45.7970°N 64.7767°W |
1945 | 28 | Howe & Queen | Not in service. In the Caledonia Gorge Protected Natural Area. | |
Tantramar River No. 2 (Wheaton) | Westmorland | High Marsh Road 45°55′54″N 64°19′49″W / 45.931726°N 64.330294°W |
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 | 1927 | 32 | |||
Forty Five River No. 1 | Albert | Forty-Five Road 45°41′13″N 64°57′11″W / 45.6870°N 64.9530°W |
1914 | 29 | Howe & Queen | Built by Alex Garland.[3] In Fundy National Park. 17 ft roadway. | |
Mitton William | Albert | Mitton Road, Riverview 46°02′37″N 64°52′41″W / 46.043626098580326°N 64.87809317288605°W |
1942 | 23 | Not in service | ||
Point Wolfe | Albert | Point Wolfe Road 45°33′03″N 65°00′47″W / 45.5507°N 65.0130°W |
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°45′53″N 64°41′33″W / 45.7647°N 64.6925°W |
1908 | 33 | Not in service |
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Shepody River No. 3 (Germantown Lake) | Albert | Midway Road 45°40′00″N 64°48′41″W / 45.6667°N 64.8113°W |
1903 | 19 | Howe & Queen | ||
Turtle Creek No. 4 (Jonah, Peter) | Albert | Dewey Road | 1912 | 20 | Not in service. Moved in 2013 to dry land. | ||
Weldon Creek No. 3 (Steeves, Hartley) | Albert | Salem, near Hillsborough | 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 | 1909 | 18 | Howe & Queen | ||
Canal | Charlotte | Canal | 1917 | 38 | Howe & Queen | ||
Dennis Stream No. 3 (Maxwell Crossing) | Charlotte | Old Ridge | 1910 | 18 | Howe | ||
Digdeguash River (McGuire) No. 3 (McGuire) | Charlotte | Elmsville | 1913 | 35 | |||
Digdeguash River (McCann) No. 4 (McCann) | Charlotte | 46°00′10″N 64°54′01″W / 46.0029°N 64.9002°W | 1938 | 86 | |||
Digdeguash River (Dumbarton) No. 6 (Dumbarton) | Charlotte | Tyron Road | 1928 | 76 | |||
Little Lepreau River No. 1.5 (Mill Pond) | Charlotte | Little Lepreau | 1910 | 32 | |||
Magaguadavic River No. 7 (Flume Ridge) | Charlotte | Flume Falls | 1905 | 18 | Modified Pratt & Queen | ||
Graham Creek | Kent | Route 510
46°36′06″N 64°56′42″W / 46.60165211695204°N 64.94493520996093°W |
1928 | 41 | |||
Kouchibouguasis No. 5 (Camerons Mill) | Kent | Camerons Mill
46°40′35″N 65°07′53″W / 46.676402012361514°N 65.13138628742217°W |
1950 | 42 | |||
Belleisle Creek No. 2 (Marven) | Kings | Swamp Road | 1903 | 22 | |||
Bloomfield Creek | Kings | Bloomfield Station Road
45°34′41″N 65°45′25″W / 45.577941753988036°N 65.75702763339996°W |
1917 | 45 | |||
Darlings Island | Kings | Darlings Island Road
45°28′43″N 65°53′56″W / 45.478525427143445°N 65.89898622772216°W |
1914 | 42 | Not in service | ||
Kennebecasis River (Salmon) | Kings | Route 890
45°44′35″N 65°29′56″W / 45.74308794556422°N 65.49876845619201°W |
1908 | 34 | Not in service | ||
Hammond River No. 3 (Smithtown) | Kings | Damascus Road | 1914 | 56 | |||
Kennebecasis River (Malone) | Kings | Goshen Road
45°45′36″N 65°12′40″W / 45.759864702053044°N 65.21098888656616°W |
1911 | 18 | |||
Kennebecasis River (Plumweseep) | Kings | 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
45°20′23″N 66°08′43″W / 45.3396944116132°N 66.14535249015807°W |
1920 | 67 | |||
Smith Creek No. 1 (Tranton) | Kings | Roachville
45°44′37″N 65°30′34″W / 45.743634523563344°N 65.50937927505493°W |
1927 | 37 | |||
Moosehorn Creek No. 1.5 | Kings | Riverview Drive South
45°36′59″N 65°42′56″W / 45.61632482188442°N 65.71559823295593°W |
1915 | 29 | Not in service | ||
Trout Creek No. 5 (Moores Mills) | Kings | Urney Road
45°40′56″N 65°22′39″W / 45.682332055070916°N 65.37736631175994°W |
1905 | 20 | |||
Smith Creek No. 5 (Oldfields) | Kings | Oldfield Road
45°49′44″N 65°26′57″W / 45.82889496943813°N 65.44921196243286°W |
1910 | 28 | Was pictured on 1992 quarter.[8] | ||
Ward's Creek No.2 (MacFarlane) | Kings | Upper Wards Creek
45°40′21″N 65°30′18″W / 45.6724295566161°N 65.50489462158203°W |
1909 | 18 | |||
Baker Brook No. 2 (Morneault) | Madawaska | Cyr Street
47°19′43″N 68°30′50″W / 47.3286306492245°N 68.51381815216064°W |
1939 | 29 | Not in service | ||
Green River No. 3 (Boniface) | Madawaska | Boniface Road
47°21′19″N 68°09′06″W / 47.35519193808738°N 68.1517413928222°W |
1925 | 58 | |||
Quisibis River No. 2 | Madawaska | Deschenes Road
47°18′26″N 68°05′09″W / 47.307170482435204°N 68.08582342407226°W |
1951 | 17 | ![]() | ||
Mill Brook No. 0.5 (Nelson Hollow) | Northumberland | Lyons Road
46°32′42″N 66°09′58″W / 46.544963878475926°N 66.1660698725891°W |
1900 | 25 | Not in service. Oldest covered bridge in New Brunswick.[9] | ||
Gaspereau River No. 2 (Burpee) | Queens | Upper Gaspereau
46°14′48″N 65°51′48″W / 46.246645848150436°N 65.86345232269286°W |
1913 | 50 | |||
Long Creek No. 1 (Starkey) | Queens | Starkey Road
45°54′59″N 65°48′25″W / 45.91638373146396°N 65.80693281433105°W |
1912 | 42 |
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Irish River No. 2 (Hardscrabble) | Saint John | Fundy-St. Martins
45°21′33″N 65°32′12″W / 45.35920421812937°N 65.5365715100479°W |
1946 | 22 | ![]() | ||
Tynemouth Creek | Saint John | Tynemouth
45°18′51″N 65°39′19″W / 45.31407452001663°N 65.65531826755523°W |
1927 | 29 | |||
Irish River No. 1 (Vaughan Creek) | Saint John | Fundy-St. Martins
45°21′27″N 65°32′17″W / 45.35743447537912°N 65.53806013605117°W |
1935 | 22 | Not in service | ||
Vaughan Creek Covered Bridge | Saint John | Fundy-St. Martins | 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
45°34′33″N 66°33′37″W / 45.57592165573874°N 66.56039751312255°W |
1936 | 29 | |||
Rusagonis River No. 2 (Patrick Owens) | Sunbury | Wilsey Road
45°49′20″N 66°35′13″W / 45.82213635444821°N 66.58697284004211°W |
1909 | 70 | 2 spans | ||
South Oromocto River No. 3 (Bell) | Sunbury | Mill Settlement
45°33′41″N 66°35′18″W / 45.561260624501365°N 66.58842123291015°W |
1912 | 42 | |||
Odellach River No. 2 (Tomlinson Mill) | Victoria | Tomlinson Mill Road
46°47′59″N 67°29′38″W / 46.79972016068662°N 67.49376333496093°W |
1918 | 18 | |||
Cocagne River (Poirier) | Westmorland | Poirier Office Road | 1942 | 41 | |||
Cocagne River (Budd) | Westmorland | Victoria Road | 1913 | 25 | |||
Coverdale River No. 7 (now at Magnetic Hill) | Westmorland | Magnetic Hill Theme Park
46°07′13″N 64°50′48″W / 46.12014015140817°N 64.84661481520652°W |
1983 | 18 | Not owned by DTI | ||
Memramcook River No. 4 (Boudreau) | Westmorland | Gayton Road
46°01′26″N 64°33′24″W / 46.02378547513947°N 64.55679810783386°W |
1930 | 23 | ![]() | ||
William Mitton Bridge | Westmorland | Powers Pit Road
46°03′14″N 64°50′58″W / 46.053993084494564°N 64.84934128067016°W |
1930 | 38 | Not in service | ||
Shediac River No. 4 (Joshua Gallant) | Westmorland | Shediac River Road
46°14′30″N 64°37′58″W / 46.24156134266769°N 64.63276631376266°W |
1935 | 26 | Not in service | ||
Nackawick River No. 5 (Nackawic Siding) | York | Nortondale | 1927 | 18 |
Defunct bridges
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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]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Fire destroys covered bridge". CBC.
- ↑ "Arrest made in covered bridge fire". CBC.
- ↑ "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.
External links
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