Dingleton Hill Covered Bridge
Cornish Mills, over Mill Brook (Root Hill Road). Built 1882, 79 ft. long. A rare surviving kingpost bridge by James Tasker, NRHP listed.
The Dingleton Hill Covered Bridge, also known as the Cornish Mills Bridge, carries Root Hill Road over Mill Brook in Cornish Mills. Built in 1882 by James Tasker at a cost to the town of $812, it is a single-span kingpost truss running 79 feet, resting on an original stone abutment and a 1954 concrete abutment. Only the lower half of the trusses are sheathed with vertical planking, leaving the upper structure exposed.
It underwent a major restoration in 1983 by covered-bridge specialist Milton Graton. In 2016 it was damaged by an overweight, overheight school bus but was repaired and reopened within months. It carries one lane of traffic with a posted weight limit and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
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