en Blow-Me-Down Covered Bridge

	Blow-Me-Down Covered Bridge
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Plainfield, New Hampshire
Coordinates	43°31′2″N 72°22′28″W / 43.51722°N 72.37444°W
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1877
Architectural style	Kingpost Truss
NRHP reference No.	78000220
Added to NRHP	May 19, 1978

The Blow-Me-Down Covered Bridge is a historic wooden covered bridge carrying Lang Road over Blow-me-down Brook in the town of Cornish, near its northern border with Plainfield, New Hampshire. Built in 1877, the kingpost structure is one of the state's few surviving 19th-century covered bridges. The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.^[1]

Description

The Blow-Me-Down Covered Bridge is located in a rural section of Cornish, spanning Blow-me-down Brook on Lang Road a short way west of its junction with Platt Road. The bridge structure incorporates a single-span multiple kingpost truss that spans 85 feet (26 m) and has a roadway 14 feet (4.3 m) wide. It rests on natural granite ledges which have been levelled with dry-laid stone. It is covered by a metal roof, with vertical board siding on the sides and around the portals.^[2]

History

The bridge was built in 1877 by James Frederick Tasker (1826–1903) for $528 (equivalent to $15,107 in 2023).^[2] The bridge was restored in 1980, and again in 2002. Its single lane is open to vehicular traffic, with a posted weight limit.