What's a Truss?
Truss. A framework of beams usually
connected in a series of triangles, used to support a roof or
a bridge. The triangular element in the truss is desirable because
the triangle is inherently stable and resists deformation. (Source:
A Small Covered Bridge Glossary)
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Town-lattice truss
Cornish-Windsor Bridge
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Bridges to the north over the Connecticut River built using a Howe
Truss (view
design diagram) are the Lancaster-Lunenburg (Mount Orne Bridge)
built in 1911 and the Columbia-Lemington (Columbia Bridge) built in
1912 as the most northerly covered bridge over the Connecticut River
between New Hampshire and Vermont. The Pittsburg-Clarksville Bridge
built in 1876 uses a Paddleford Truss and is the most northerly covered
bridge over the Connecticut River overall. The Cornish-Windsor Bridge
was built using a Town Lattice Truss. (Source: Covered Bridges in New
Hampshire 1987 by Marie Willis, printed at the NHVTC of Laconia)
Find out about more bridges
over the Connecticut River
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