DINGLETON HILL BRIDGE
Cornish, New Hampshire
- Location:
- One mile east of N.H. Route 12A on Root Hill Road at the foot of
Dingleton Hill in Cornish over Mill Brook.
- Style of Bridge:
- Multiple Kingpost truss
- Year of Construction:
- 1882
- Original Cost:
- $812
- Structural Characteristics:
- The bridge is 77'9" long with a clear span of 62'6". It has an
overall width of 16'4" with a roadway width of 12'9" and a
maximum vertical clearance of 10'5". A cross beam (tell-tale)
has been erected at each approach at a height of 7'6" to block high
vehicles. The bridge is posted for six tons, passenger cars only.
- Maintained By:
- Town of Cornish
- World Guide Number:
- 29-10-02
- New Hampshire Number:
- 22
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- Historical Remarks:
- The bridge was built by James Tasker who is known to have built
at least eleven bridges in the area. It was assembled in a
schoolyard and then transported to the site. The farmers who
used it would occasionally repair it. Milton Graton restored it in
the summer of 1983 at which time he repaired the stone abutments
and leveled the bridge. He also installed new bearing shoes, new
plank flooring and sheathing, some new components, and repaired
the roof. The cost of rehabilitating the bridge, in combination
with the Blacksmith Shop covered bridge, was $30,000. The cost
of restoration was made possible from a federal Historic
Preservation Fund matching grant from the National Park Service
of the U.S. Department of the Interior through the New Hampshire
Division of Historical Resources, the Putnam Foundation, the
Cecil Howard Charitable Trust, the Eva Gebhard-Gourgaud
Foundation, and the Town of Cornish. The bridge was rededicated
on October 23, 1983 with Hyland Tasker, a great-grandnephew of
James Tasker in attendance. The Dingleton Hill Bridge is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places.
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Compiled and edited by
Richard G. Marshall
Chief System Planning
New Hampshire Department of Transportation
Color photographs by Arthur F. Rounds
1994