The Canadian province of New Brunswick has 56 covered bridges, according to the Government of New Brunswick. The Hartland Covered Bridge in Hartland is the world's longest covered bridge, spanning . The most recent covered bridge constructed in New Brunswick is the Vaughan Creek Covered Bridge, which was reconstructed to add a second lane. The county with the most covered bridges is Kings County with 15, while Northumberland and Victoria counties both have one each. Additionally, both Restigouche and Gloucester counties have no covered bridges. Bridges are single span, unless noted.

Existing bridges NameCountyLocationBuiltLength (m)Truss typeNotesPhotoCoverdale River  3 (Colpitts, Bramford)AlbertColpitts Road, near Salisbury194331Burr variation On Private Road Crooked Creek No. 3AlbertCrooked Creek Road.194528Howe & Queen Not in service. In the Caledonia Gorge Protected Natural Area.Tantramar River No. 2 (Wheaton)WestmorlandHigh Marsh Road191651Howe & QueenThe site until 1840 of a bridge on the post road, then called the Westmorland Great Road, the main route across the narrow Isthmus of Chignecto that connects Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.Benton or Eel River No. 3YorkBenton Road192732Forty Five River No. 1AlbertForty-Five Road191429Howe & Queen Built by Alex Garland. In Fundy National Park. 17 ft roadway.Point WolfeAlbertPoint Wolfe Road199229Howe & Queen In Fundy National Park. Replaces the original bridge which had been built in 1916 and lost in 1990.Sawmill Creek No. 0.5AlbertHopewell Hill190833 Not in serviceTurtle Creek No. 4 (Jonah, Peter)AlbertDewey Road191220 Not in service. Moved in 2013 to dry land.Weldon Creek No. 3 (Steeves, Hartley)AlbertSalem, near Hillsborough192318Howe & QueenBuilt by John Forbes.HartlandCarletonHartland1901391HoweCovered in 1921. National Historic Site and Provincial Historic Place. Longest covered bridge in the world. Seven spans.FlorencevilleCarletonFlorenceville1907 47HoweA five-span bridge of which one is covered and the others are steel.North Becaguimec River No. 4 (Ellis)CarletonLower Windsor190918Howe & QueenCanalCharlotteCanal191738Howe & QueenDennis Stream No. 3 (Maxwell Crossing)CharlotteOld Ridge191018HoweDigdeguash River (McGuire) No. 3 (McGuire)CharlotteElmsville191335Digdeguash River (McCann) No. 4 (McCann)Charlotte193886Digdeguash River (Dumbarton) No. 6 (Dumbarton) CharlotteTyron Road192876Little Lepreau River No. 1.5 (Mill Pond) CharlotteLittle Lepreau191032Relocated next to new bridge. Accessible to walk through.Magaguadavic River No. 7 (Flume Ridge)CharlotteFlume Falls190518Modified Pratt & QueenGraham CreekKentRoute 510192841Kouchibouguasis No. 5 (Camerons Mill)KentCamerons Mill195042Belleisle Creek No. 2 (Marven)KingsSwamp Road190322Bloomfield CreekKingsBloomfield Station Road191745Darlings IslandKingsDarlings Island Road191442 Not in serviceKennebecasis River (Salmon)KingsRoute 890190834Not in serviceHammond River No. 3 (Smithtown)KingsDamascus Road191456Kennebecasis River (Malone)KingsGoshen Road191118Kennebecasis River (Plumweseep)KingsPlumweseep191123Named for the Maliseet word for Salmon River.Millstream RiverKingsPleasant Ridge Branch Road191129Milkish Inlet No. 1 (Bayswater)KingsRoute 845192067Smith Creek No. 1 (Tranton)KingsRoachville192737Moosehorn Creek No. 1.5KingsRiverview Drive South191529Not in serviceTrout Creek No. 5 (Moores Mills)KingsUrney Road190520Smith Creek No. 5 (Oldfields)KingsOldfield Road191028Was pictured on 1992 quarter.Ward's Creek No.2 (MacFarlane)KingsUpper Wards Creek190918Baker Brook No. 2 (Morneault)MadawaskaCyr Street193929Not in serviceGreen River No. 3 (Boniface)MadawaskaBoniface Road192558Quisibis River No. 2MadawaskaDeschenes Road195117 Mill Brook No. 0.5 (Nelson Hollow)NorthumberlandLyons Road190025 Not in service. Oldest covered bridge in New Brunswick.Gaspereau River No. 2 (Burpee)QueensUpper Gaspereau191350Long Creek No. 1 (Starkey)QueensStarkey Road191242Reopened for vehicle traffic.Irish River No. 2 (Hardscrabble)Saint JohnFundy-St. Martins194622Tynemouth CreekSaint JohnTynemouth192729Irish River #1 (Vaughan Creek)Saint JohnFundy-St. MartinsSeptember 1, 202232This bridge replaced the existing covered bridge. This is the only two-lane covered bridge in New Brunswick. There is a pedestrian walkway as well.Back Creek No. 2 (Hoyt Station)SunburyHoyt Station Road193629Rusagonis River No. 2 (Patrick Owens)SunburyWilsey Road1909702 spansSouth Oromocto River No. 3 (Bell)SunburyMill Settlement191242Odellach River No. 2 (Tomlinson Mill)VictoriaTomlinson Mill Road191818Cocagne River (Poirier)WestmorlandPoirier Office Road194241Cocagne River (Budd)WestmorlandVictoria Road191325Coverdale River No. 7 (now at Magnetic Hill)WestmorlandMagnetic Hill Theme Park198318Not owned by DTIMemramcook River No. 4 (Boudreau)WestmorlandGayton Road193023Shediac River No. 4 (Joshua Gallant)WestmorlandShediac River Road193526Not in serviceNackawick River No. 5 (Nackawic Siding)YorkNortondale192718

Defunct bridges

In 2025, the William Mitton Covered Bridge over the mouth of a nameless small right tributary of Turtle Creek in Riverview, was demolished. It had fallen into disrepair over the years and could not be saved.

In 2018, the 87-year old Bell Bridge, near Hoyt, south of Fredericton, was demolished following flood damage.

In 2017, a 104-year-old covered bridge (Hammond River No. 2) over the Hammond River was demolished and replaced with a modular bridge. According to the provincial government, local residents did not wish to save it.

In 2014, the Cherryvale covered bridge, built in 1927, was washed away by flooding on the Canaan River and destroyed.

In 2011 the Mangrum or Stormdale Bridge (Becaguimec Stream No. 3), constructed in 1909, burned following probable arson.

In 2009 the Adair Bridge (North Becaguimec No. 1), constructed in 1948, was destroyed beyond repair by an arsonist.

In 2001, the 82-year-old Mundleville covered bridge burned down. At 153 metres, it was the second longest covered bridge in the province.

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