Blow-Me-Down Covered Bridge
Cornish, over Blow-me-down Brook (Lang Road). Built 1877, 85 ft. long. A multiple kingpost bridge by James Tasker, NRHP listed, still open to traffic.
The Blow-Me-Down Covered Bridge carries Lang Road over Blow-me-down Brook in a rural section of Cornish, near the town's northern border with Plainfield. Built in 1877 by the noted local bridgewright James Frederick Tasker for $528, it is one of New Hampshire's few surviving 19th-century covered bridges. The single-span multiple kingpost truss spans 85 feet and has a 14-foot-wide roadway, resting on natural granite ledges levelled with dry-laid stone.
The bridge was restored in 1980 and again in 2002. Its single lane remains open to vehicular traffic with a posted weight limit. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
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