State of New Hampshire Bridge No. 57. At 228', the Pier Bridge in Newport is the longest surviving covered railroad bridge in the world. Owned and maintained by the New Hampshire Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, the bridge is part of the Sugar River Rail Trail. Read more about the Pier Bridge's history in Covered Bridges of New Hampshire, https://coveredbridgesnh.com. #cbnh #kimvarneychandler #newhampshirecoveredbridges #nhcoveredbridge #nhcoveredbridges #coveredbridgesnewhampshire

State of New Hampshire Bridge No. 47. Conway's Swift River Bridge was built in 1870 following the destruction of the previous bridge at this location. In 1869, there were many freshets in New Hampshire, the worst of which was in October; “the wild waters assumed such a height as to carry terror to all observers” (Merrill 1889). This storm event damaged many covered bridges in the state, but it was particularly bad in Conway. The raging Swift River took its namesake bridge completely off the abut