CNHS - Hartland Covered Bridge
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member PeterNoG
Assisted by: Groundspeak Regular Member 4Peter and Gloria
N 46° 17.819 W 067° 31.664
19T E 613389 N 5128098
At 391 meters (1282 feet), the Hartland Covered Bridge is the longest covered bridge in the world.
Waymark Code: WM8V48
Location: New Brunswick, Canada
Date Posted: 05/14/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member tiki-4
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 Hartland Covered Bridge - Hartland NS - posted by 4Peter and Gloria
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It was officially opened July 4, 1901 and was covered in 1921/22. The original cost was less than $33,000 and a toll of 3 cents per person was charged until 1906. The bridge was declared a National Historic Site in 1980.

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HARTLAND COVERED BRIDGE

This structure, 390.75 metres long, is by far the longest covered bridge extant in the world. Covered bridges date from the first decade of the 19th century when North American builders began using wooden trusses for long spans and covered them to prevent the truss joints from rotting. After 1840 the Howe truss, which introduced iron tension rods into the truss work, was widely adopted and New Brunswick erected numerous bridges using this technique, among them this one which was built in 1921 with the walkway being added in 1945.
Classification: National Historic Site

Province or Territory: New Brunswick

Location - City name/Town name: Hartland

Link to Parks Canada entry (must be on www.pc.gc.ca): [Web Link]

Link to HistoricPlaces.ca: [Web Link]
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