23 Bridges in One Day! (Part 5 of 5)

The last part of our 4th of July adventure ends here. At least we had a second wind.


Maybe it was our third or fourth wind, but we were feeling good.  The ice creams and cold iced teas put us back in bridge hunting form.

Wright's (#58) 5:52pm

The Wright's Bridge and the Pier Bridge are not labeled.  There are no signs and no official bridge markers.  Since they are both railroad bridges in the woods, it took some investigating to figure out which was which.

We knew that we would have to park and walk into the woods to see this bridge.  Too bad we didn't have our dog sled or snow mobile.

We walked so far down the trail that we couldn't see the car anymore.  That made us nervous.

The bridge was tall and impressive, but I am going to be straight with you.  There were no signs, it was hot, there were bugs everywhere, and we didn't know what we had to do next.  At this point, there was a chance that this was the Pier Bridge.  If it was the Pier, then to get to the Wright's, then we would have to walk through the bridge and another mile down the path....unfortunately, we weren't really comfortable putting that much distance between us and the car.

It was really nice, but it would have been easier if we weren't so spent.

We made the decision to investigate further from the safety and bug free environment of the car.  It was a good choice.

Pier (#57) 6:05pm

We finally got enough reception to learn that the Pier could be seen from the road.  We travelled in the direction of the bridge and were relieved to find this:

Believe it or not, this is a different bridge.  This is why we had trouble telling them apart.  All we had to compare them to were thumbnails in the bridge binder!

The Pier is another railroad bridge in Newport.  There is an easy path to take under it. Ellen and I went for a walk in the water. It was refreshing on a hot day. We would have gone swimming if we were not on a strict bridge hunting schedule!

We found them both. All's well that ends well. Time to head to the Corbin.







Corbin (#17) 6:47pm

The Corbin was well marked with a park and benches.  This would have been a nice plan to eat dinner, if we had packed a dinner...

When we looked up the bridge on the State of New Hampshire website, it said that the bridge was destroyed in a May 24, 1993 fire, but it was rebuilt in 1994. 

This begs the question, when was the last time they updated their website?  Ellen and I volunteer if you need someone!

Nice and new.  Very clean.  A great picnic spot if we do say so ourselves.

McDermott (#18) 7:29pm

This pedestrian bridge is located next to a road bridge. Both of the bridges in Langdon had benches and signs.

A bridge sign is always a good thing to see.












From this view, you wouldn't know that there is an ugly bridge right next door!

Note the giant squid. This might be the best covered bridge art we have seen.

Thank you for the bridge facts, Langdon!

Oh look, a bench.

Remember last year when we planked on everything?

                    

It is rare that we get to stand next to the bridges at the same height, so forgive the amount of photos that I had to take here!

This bridge has a two sided system, maybe one side is a sidewalk?












Prentiss (#19) 7:49pm

We saved this one for last. It is so cute. It is the smallest and......you guessed it- the oldest covered bridge in New Hampshire! (Disclaimer....every bridge thinks it is the oldest one in New Hampshire)

More bridge facts!

I would not plank on this.  It did not seem like a good idea.

Under the Prentiss Bridge there is this ginormous pipe, but it also looked like a cave to a magical world.

For goodness sake Ellen, be careful!  Can't you see the giant cave below you?  That's the type of cave that would hold a very big monster.

Look how tiny it is!

All in all a great day. God bless America.