Rowell Covered Bridge
West Hopkinton, over the Contoocook River. Built 1853, about 160 ft. long. A Long-truss covered bridge open to traffic.
1853
Year Built
Long Truss
Open to Traffic
New Hampshire
Merrimack County
Hopkinton (West Hopkinton)
1853
43.1930,-71.7150
Open to traffic
Contoocook River
Long Truss
160
The Rowell Covered Bridge crosses the Contoocook River at West Hopkinton. Built in 1853, it is a Long truss about 160 feet long and one of New Hampshire's surviving 19th-century covered bridges. Named for the Rowell family of the area, it remains open to vehicular traffic over the broad, slow river.
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