55-02 CARLETON
county/comté/grafschaft
一廊桥
4 covered bridges/ponts couverts/bedeckte holzbrücken
Coldstream
The Ellis or North Becaguimec Bridge #4
55-02-05
North-east of Coldstream on Ellis Road.
Over the North Branch of the Becaguimec River.
The Ellis or North Becaguimec Bridge #4.
3.6 Km east of NB580 on NB104 then 0.4 Km left on Howard Brook Road and right at Ellis Road to the bridge.
1 span 63' or 19.2m
Built in 1909.
Howe truss.
Photo Charles E. Frees Melvin.
Florenceville
The Florenceville Bridge
55-02-06
In the town of Florenceville on Old Bridge Road.
Over St. John River.
The Florenceville Bridge.
About 3 Km east of exit 153 on Trans-Canada Hwy 2 on NB110 and right on NB103 Centreville Drive and right again on Bridge Street/Jim Davis Drive to the bridge.
4 steel spans and 1 covered wooden span on the east side.
Bridge, 790' or 240.7m. Wooden span, 154' 0r 46.9m
Closed to traffic in 2020… restoration pending.
Built in 1885-86.
Howe truss.
Photo NB Tourism.
Florenceville at it first appeared, five uncovered Burr-Arch Trusses 1886-1907.
Built in 1885-86 as an unhoused Burr-Type wood bridge of 5 spans by Albert Brewster of Carleton, Quebec, in 1907 - the western Burr span is replaced by a Howe truss and covered, 1908 - the eastern Burr span is also replaced by a Howe span and covered as well, 1910 - the 3 middle spans are rebuilt but with steel by the William McNeil Co. of Glasgow, N-S, 1917 - the whole thing is lifted and put on concrete piers and abutments, 1932 - the western Howe truss is destroyed by fire and replaced by another steel truss built by the St. John Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co.
Florenceville between 1907 and 1932, this is as covered as it ever got, 3 central Burr section replaced by steel but still wooden piers.
Hartland
The Hartland Bridge
The longest Covered Bridge
in the World today!
55-02-07
In the little town of Hartland east of Trans-Canada Highway 2.,
Over St. John River.
The Hartland Covered Bridge.
About 4.5 Km east of exit 172 on Trans Canada Hwy on NB130, straight on Somerville Road an left on NB103 to Bridge Hill Road down 0.2 Km to bridge.
7 spans 1282' or 390.7m
Built in 1899 on wooden cage piers, operated as a toll-bridge until 1906, the structure was lifted and moved to new cement piers and abutments,one western span destroyed by a flash-flood in 1920, fully renovated and covered in 1921, walkway added in 1947.
Howe truss.
FOTOS by New-Brunswick archives, HARTLAND 1900, Rosemay Withers, Yvon Gervais,
Gord Handley, Panoranio,
Martin Bergeron FLICKr
SUNSET at Hartland available here from Jason Bennett!
Benton
The Benton or Eel River Bridge #3
55-02-15 55-15-12
At Benton on Benton Road, between Carleton & York Counties.
Over Eel River.
The Benton or Eel River Bridge #3.
About 11.3 Km north-west of Trans-Canada Highway at exit 212 on NB165 north-west past Meductic and west on and Benton Road, under the Highway and upland to the bridge.
1 span 107' or 32.6m
Built in 1927.
Howe truss.
Photos June and Jack Schmidt.