New England's Covered Bridges

A Complete Guide


NECB Book Cover
PRAISE FOR NEW ENGLAND'S COVERED BRIDGES:
"Benjamin and June Evans' New England's Covered Bridges is the first summation in a quarter century of the region's rich legacy of wooden bridges.  Meticulously researched carefully written, and beautifully illustrated, the book takes its place as the standard guide for a region that cherishes some of the oldest, newest, longest, and strongest of America's covered bridges."
 -James L. Garvin,
    New Hampshire State Architectural Historian
"The authors have truly 'covered' the bridges of New England.  This complete guide of the region with historical data, statistics, directions, and photographs of each bridge, will certainly become a 'must have' for the curious tourist and the serious covered bridge enthusiast.  You'll want to return to New England often to explore and see for yourself these historic and photogenic landmarks which connect us to our past."
 -Thomas E. Walczak,
    President of The Theodore Burr Covered Bridge                 Society of Pennsylvania, Inc.
"I find that the book, New England's Covered Bridges, is very complete and informative and a must for the person that will  seek out all the covered bridges in New England.  I like the fact that they have included the private bridges that are worthy of visiting. With this book, anyone can find and visit all the covered bridges."
 -Richard Wilson,
    President of the New York State Covered Bridge Society
"A great deal of information is captured between two covers for the covered bridge enthusiast, with lots of references for those who want to know more.  Seekers of the old spans should not explore New England without a copy of Benjamin and June Evans' New England's Covered Bridges.,'"
 -Joseph C. Nelson,
    President of the Vermont Covered Bridge Society
    and author of Spanning Time: Vermont's Covered Bridges
About New England’s Covered Bridges:
During the nineteenth and the early part of the  twentieth centuries, the erection of nearly one thousand covered bridges was recorded in New England's archives.  However, the ravages of time, storms, floods, neglect, and vandals have reduced the  remaining historic authentic covered bridges to  fewer than two hundred.  While the majority of  these bridges are in the states of Vermont and New Hampshire, wonderful examples of covered bridges can be found in all six of the New England states. In the preparation for writing this book, the Evanses traveled 13,811 miles documenting and photographing more than 200 covered bridges. The introduction to the book familiarizes readers with covered bridges by discussing their history, twelve different kinds of truss designs, and current preservation and restoration efforts.  The Evanses provide, for each of the 206 bridges in this book, the name of the bridge, its location, specific directions to the bridge, its year of construction, its truss design, and the name of the waterway it crosses. Additional information includes whether the bridge is in use, its number of spans, the names of its owner and builder, its length and width, its condition, number, national  register data, and anecdotal material.  A short glossary of covered-bridge terminology is also included.
From New England's Covered Bridges:

"Many times the hunt is half the fun of 'bridging.' The search for a particular bridge will often take you into some of   the most interesting, remote, and scenic areas of the state. While there are still some bridges that exist along heavily traveled main roads, most of them are located on secondary town roads, frequently unpaved.  It is quite surprising to find that many of the rural roads, maintained by town highway departments, still have dirt or gravel surfaces ... For the serious 'bridger,' this new guide to the covered bridges of New England should make locating the bridges relatively easy.  Using it, together with a copy of the respective state's highway map, should provide a delightful 'bridging safari.'"
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