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.
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 and has a roadway 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.
History The bridge was built in 1877 by James Frederick Tasker (1826–1903) for $528 (). The bridge was restored in 1980, and again in 2002. Its single lane is open to vehicular traffic, with a posted weight limit.
See also
Other bridges in Cornish Dingleton Hill Covered Bridge Blacksmith Shop or Kenyon Bridge, foot traffic only Cornish–Windsor Covered Bridge
Bridges in West Windsor, Vermont Bowers Covered Bridge Best's Covered Bridge
List of bridges List of covered bridges in New Hampshire
National Register listings of area bridges National Register of Historic Places listings in Sullivan County, New Hampshire List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in New Hampshire
References
External links
Blow-Me-Down Bridge, New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources (dated info)