Blair Covered Bridge
Campton, over the Pemigewasset River. Built 1870, about 292 ft. long. A two-span Long truss with arches, rebuilt after an 1869 arson fire.
The Blair Covered Bridge crosses the Pemigewasset River at Blair in Campton. An earlier bridge on the site was destroyed by arson on July 28, 1869; the present structure was built the following year, in 1870, by Hiram Wesley Merrill for $3,350. It is a Long through-truss with added arches, about 292 feet long across two spans, and was refurbished in the 1970s.
An overhead sign at the portal still warns of a "five dollars fine for riding or driving on this bridge faster than a walk." The bridge remains open to traffic and is listed on the New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places.
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