Corbin Bridge. Photo by Kim Varney Chandler

Covered Bridges of New Hampshire

Covered Bridges of New Hampshire is a must have book for covered bridge enthusiasts and historians. The book is an engaging and well-illustrated history of the remaining covered bridges in the Granite State. It is the most comprehensive history of New Hampshire’s covered bridges in print.

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Covered Bridges of New Hampshire

Covered Bridges of New Hampshire is a captivating and richly illustrated tribute to the remaining covered bridges in the Granite State. This 288-page, full-color softcover volume features author Kim Varney Chandler’s contemporary photography of all sixty-one surviving bridges, thoughtfully paired with historical images in a compelling then-and-now format.

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Covered Bridges of New Hampshire in your Community

Kim is available for speaking engagements and presentations on Covered Bridges of New Hampshire, past and present.
Programs are tailored for a specific bridge (or bridges), town, or region as requested.  She can create a program for your community; no two programs are alike.
Kim is a part of the New Hampshire Humanities speakers bureau. Through Humanities to Go, the statewide speakers bureau, nonprofit organizations and community groups can offer high quality cultural programming to the public at minimal cost to the host.

See New Hampshire’s Covered Bridges

Use these handy resources to begin your journey of visiting all of New Hampshire’s covered bridges.

This page features a complete list of all the covered bridges, with photographs and statistical information, as well as a downloadable checklist to keep in your car. Use the suggested Day Trip itineraries and an interactive Google Map to make planning easier!

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Covered Bridge Resources

Podcast

Podcast

Learn more about New Hampshire’s Covered Bridges by listening to the Covered Bridges of New Hampshire podcast.

Hosted by the author, this award-winning podcast features interviews with people in the covered bridge community.

Learn about covered bridge design, rehabilitations, namesakes, and their significance in our communities.

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Map

Maps

Use these handy resources to begin your journey of visiting all of New Hampshire’s covered bridges.

Are you ready to hit the road? The interactive Google Map provides easy to use coordinates and directions using a smart phone. Just one click will take you to the covered bridges.

Want to see where covered bridges used to be? Use the Google Map to visit the sites of our lost covered bridges.

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Elkins Program

Event Calendar

Kim is traveling all over New Hampshire speaking about covered bridges, past and present. Be sure to check out the event calendar to see when she will be presenting near you.

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    The Bridgewright Captain Charles Richardson

    Captain Charles Richardson’s story in America begins with the arrival of Thomas Richardson (1608-1651) in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Along with his two brothers, Ezekiel (1602-1647) and Samuel (1604-1657), and […]

  • The Bridgewrights Granger

    The Bridgewrights Granger

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    The Bridgewright Horace Childs

    Bridgewright Horace Childs comes from a long line of Puritan Yankee stock. His fourth great-grandfather, William, was one of the earliest settlers of the New World. William arrived from England […]

Friendship Bridge. Photo by Kim Varney Chandler

“A must book for covered bridge enthusiasts and historians.  No other book on covered bridges goes into such historical detail.”