55-14 Westmoreland
county/comté/grafschaft
一廊桥
7 covered bridges/ponts couverts/bedeckte holzbrücken
Magnetic Hill
The Budd or Cocagne River Bridge #5
55-14-05
North of Magnetic-Hill on Victoria Road.
Over Cocagne River.
The Budd or Cocagne River Bridge #5.
0.5 Km south of Kent county line on NB 490 then left 3.7 Km on New Scotland Road and right 2.3 Km on Victoria Road to the bridge.
1 span 90' or 27.4m
Built in 1913.
Howe truss.
Photo Foto Me Ann My Camera!
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Shédiac
The Jushua Gallant or Shédiac River Bridge #4
55-14-07
North-west of Shédiac off Shédiac River Road.
Over Shédiac River.
The Jushua Gallant or Shédiac River Bridge #4.
About 7.2 Km north of NB15 on NB11, exit right on Shédiac River Road, go west for 8 Km to the bridge.
1 span 84' or 25.6m
Built in 1935.
Howe truss.
Foto New-Brunswick Dept.of Transportation.
Memramcook
The Patrick Owen or Rusagonis River Bridge #2
55-14-08
North-west of Memramcook on Gayton Road.
Over Memramcook River.
The Boudreau or Memramcook River Bridge #4.
6.4 Km south of NB132 at Calhoun off Trans-Canada Highway 2 at exit 480, then right on Old Shédiac Road and left on Gayton Road 2.4 Km to the bridge.
1 span 78' or 23.7m
Built in 1930.
Howe truss.
Photo EXPLORE NB.
River Glade
The Hasty or Petitcodiac River Bridge #3
55-14-09
South-west of Salisbury, north east of River Glade off NB 106 on Power Point Road.
Over Petitcodiac River.
The Hasty or Petitcodiac River Bridge #3.
0.7 Km east of the Trans-Canada Highway 2 on NB 106 then right 0.4 Km on Power Point Road to the Bridge.
1 span 126' or 38.4m
Built in 1929.
Howe truss.
Photo Galen Frysinger.
Notre-Dame
The Poirier or Cocagne River Bridge #3
55-14-12
South-west of Notre-Dame off NB 115 on Poirier Office Road.
Over Cocagne River.
The Poirier or Cocagne River Bridge #3.
8 Km south-west of NB535 at Notre Dame on NB115 to Leblancville then right 1.6 Km on Poirier Office Road to the bridge.
1 span 136' or 41.5m
Built in 1942.
Howe truss.
Photo Kyle Purves.
Sackville
The Wheaton or Tantramar River Bridge #2
55-14-13
North-east of Sackville on High Marsh Road.
Over Tantramar River.
The Wheaton or Tantramar River Bridge #2.
3.5 Km north of the Trans-Canada Highway 2 on NB940 just past Middle Sackville then right 2.1 Km on High Marsh/Jolicure Road to the Bridge.
1 span 168' or 51.2m
Built in 1916.
Howe truss.
Photo from an old postcard.
Moncton
The Parkindale or Magnetic Hill Bridge
55-14-14
North-west of Moncton, in Magnetic Hill Game Park.
Over a Park Pond.
The Parkindale or Magnetic Hill Bridge, admission fee to the park.
0.7 Km from Trans-Canada Highway 2 on NB126 then right 0.2 Km to Magnetic Hill Game Park entrance.
1 span 57' or 17.3m
Built in 1915 at Parkindale in Albert County, moved present location in 1982.
Howe truss.
Photos Rosemary Whitters.
Upper-Dorchester
The Upper-Dorchester or Memramcook River Bridge #1
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE HISTORIQUE / Historische Perspektive / 历史的角度
55-14-06 Destroyed in 1976
Was just south of Upper-Dorchester off NB106.
Memramcook River.
Upper-Dorchester or Memramcook River Bridge #1.
This bridge was between Upper-Dorchester and Dorchester on the west side of NB106 and was blown to bits by a windstorm in the fall of 1976, it was also know to be the second longest covered bridge in the world. I saw it in person in 1974 during a family trip!
5 spans 848' or 258.4m
Built in 1924, destroyed in 1976 by a wind storm.
Howe truss.
Photos, old postcard and NB archives.
