Haverill-Bath Bridge
Bath and Haverhill, Grafton County, New Hampshire
Last checked 2026-11-01 · Sources · More New Hampshire bridges
At a glance
- Status
- Listed in the state's covered bridge inventory[1]
- Year built
- 1829[1]
- Truss type
- Town lattice truss with arches[1]
- Length
- 256' long[1]
- Vehicle access
- Not verified
- Parking
- Not verified
Directions go to the bridge's mapped point, not a confirmed parking area.
About this bridge
Haverill-Bath Bridge is a covered bridge in Bath and Haverhill, Grafton County, New Hampshire. It appears in the NH Division of Historical Resources covered bridge inventory. The state record gives its construction date as 1829. Its structure is recorded as town lattice truss with arches. Wikidata records it as crossing Ammonoosuc River. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (reference 77000091).
Bridge details
- Town
- Bath and Haverhill[1]
- Location / road
- Route 135, Woodsville Village[1]
- Year built
- 1829[1]
- Truss type
- Town lattice truss with arches[1]
- Length
- 256' long[1]
- Maintained by
- Towns of Bath and Haverhill[1]
- Crosses
- Ammonoosuc River[2]
- National Register ref.
- 77000091[3]
- Load posting
- Posted for three tons (state inventory)[1]
- NH bridge number
- 27[1]
- World Guide number
- 29-05-04[1]
- Coordinates
- 44.15477, -72.03642[1]
History
The Haverhill-Bath Bridge is the oldest covered bridge in New Hampshire. No records exist as to who built the bridge, but records indicate that both towns shared the cost of $2,400. Both towns have continued to share repair costs for the Woodsville Bridge for almost two hundred years. Arches and a cantilevered pedestrian sidewalk were added to the bridge between 1921 and 1922, for $7,932.77. The bridge was repaired by the state in 1973 for $38,710 and again in 1981 for $16,000. The Haverhill-Bath Bridge was closed to vehicle traffic and bypassed in 1999. Following an extensive fundraising campaign by the Haverhill-Bath Covered Bridge Committee, the bridge was rehabilitated by engineers Hoyle Tanner of Manchester and Wright Construction Co., Inc. of Mount Holly, Vermont, for $1.3 million in 2008. The New Hampshire Preservation Alliance awarded the project a Preservation Achievement Award in 2009. The Haverhill-Bath Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1]
Text as published in the NH Division of Historical Resources covered bridge inventory, checked 2026-11-01.
Visiting
We have no official parking, accessibility or opening information for this bridge. Many covered bridges sit on working town roads. Park only where it is legal and safe, respect private property and posted signs, and check town or state notices for closures.
Not verified
We have not found an official source for: Vehicle access, Parking, Accessibility, Opening hours or seasonal closures. We leave these blank rather than guess. Never assume a road means you can drive, park or walk here.
Map
Red dot: this bridge. Green dots: nearest bridges in our list. Distances are straight-line, not driving.
Nearby bridges
- Bath Bridge (Bath): 3.5 mi straight-line distance, not driving distance
- Swiftwater Bridge (Bath): 4.5 mi straight-line distance, not driving distance
- Greenbanks Hollow Covered Bridge (Danville): 16.0 mi straight-line distance, not driving distance
- Riverwalk Covered Bridge (Littleton) (Littleton): 16.7 mi straight-line distance, not driving distance
- Sentinel Pine Bridge (Lincoln): 18.1 mi straight-line distance, not driving distance
Sources
- NH Division of Historical Resources covered bridge inventory: checked 2026-11-01
- Wikidata: checked 2026-11-01
- National Register of Historic Places (NPS), via Wikidata reference number: checked 2026-11-01
- Wikipedia article (background reading; not used for facts on this page)
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