Hoyle, Tanner & Associates, Inc.

Ashuelot Covered Bridge (Built in 1864)

Winchester, New Hampshire

Rot in the bridge, broken floor beams and leaking water lead to the need for the rehabilitation of the Ashuelot Covered Bridge.

Services Provided:

	Inspection
	Rehabilitative Design
	Bidding Administration
	Construction Administration/Observation
	Coordination of Regulatory Review by the NHDES, Fish & Game, Historical Resources, Corps of Engineers, Fish & Wildlife, and the US Parks Service

Goals:

Unique Factors:

	Project plan included the relocation of an existing 280 foot 8 inch long water main from the bridge to the subaqueous river crossing
	Dual sidewalks

Project Highlights:

	Town Lattice Trusses
	NHDOT Municipal Bridge Aid Program Project
	Considered by local historians to be one of New Hampshire’s most elaborate covered bridges
	Originally constructed to transport wood across the river for use by the Ashuelot Railroad

Project Awards:

Inaugural Palladio Award for covered bridge rehabilitation at the 2003 National Covered Bridge Best Practices Conference