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Mount Orne Covered Bridge

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Mount Orne Covered Bridge

The Mount Orne Bridge is a covered bridge over the Connecticut River between Lancaster, New Hampshire and Lunenburg, Vermont. It joins Elm Street (New Hampshire Route 135) in Lancaster with River Road (Town Highway 1) in Lunenburg. It consists of two spans of wood-and-iron Howe trusses, resting on stone abutments and piers which have been partially faced in concrete. The overall length of the bridge is 267 feet (81 m), with the western span measuring 134 feet (41 m) and the eastern span one foot less. The bridge has an overall with of 20.5 feet (6.2 m), with a roadway of 15.5 feet (4.7 m). The bridge is covered by a corrugated metal gable roof, and is sided in vertical boarding that extends only partway to the eaves. The bridge was built in 1911 by the Berlin Iron Bridge Company, and is one of only two Howe truss bridges over the Connecticut River; the other, the Columbia Bridge, was built in 1912. The costs of construction and maintenance are share by the two towns.

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