Durgin Covered Bridge
Sandwich, over the Cold River (Durgin Bridge Road). Built 1869, 110 ft. long. A rare surviving Paddleford-truss bridge by Jacob Berry, NRHP listed.
The Durgin Bridge carries Durgin Bridge Road over the Cold River in eastern Sandwich. Built in 1869 near the former mill of James Durgin, from whom it takes its name, it is a single-span structure 110 feet long and 19 feet wide, spanning about 96 feet over the river. Its builder, Jacob Berry, had worked with Peter Paddleford and used the Paddleford truss design; laminated arches were added in 1968-69 to allow heavier vehicles, including fire trucks, to cross.
One of New Hampshire's few surviving 19th-century covered bridges, the Durgin Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 and remains open to traffic.
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