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Visitor
Information Center
You will find
lots more
information about
our region and
attractions when you
visit our
visitor information
center.
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Covered Bridge
Visitor Information
Centre
(Exit 365 on the
Trans Canada
Highway, Route 2)
11001 Route 10,
Youngs Cove, N.B.
www.coveredbridgevic.com
Hampton Visitor
Information Centre
(Formerly a
Canadian National
Railway station)
657 Main Street,
P.O. Box 746,
Hampton, NB E0G 1Z0
Tel: (506) 832-5671
Sussex Visitor
Information Centre
(Former Canadian
National Railway
train station)
72 Broad Street,
Sussex, N.B.
Mail: c/o 524 Main
Street, Sussex, N.B.
E4E 3E4
Tel: (506) 433-6602
Covered Bridges
in New Brunswick
Preservation
Association Inc.
People concerned
with preserving and
promoting these
distinctive
structures formed
this not-for-profit
educational
organization in
1998. With 64
covered bridges
remaining in New
Brunswick and
growing worldwide
interest in them,
this dedicated core
is hard at work
making sure the
bridges remain in
place for residents
and visitors to
enjoy for years to
come. There are now
35 members from New
Brunswick, the rest
of Canada and the
United States.
The $15 annual
membership fee
entitles members to
a membership card
and the quarterly
newsletter, which
includes updates on
the bridges, their
history and efforts
to preserve them.
Through the efforts
of groups such as
the association, the
New Brunswick
Department of
Transportation has
instituted new
policies to help
protect and maintain
the province’s
covered bridges. The
group is also in
regular contact with
New Brunswick MLAs
and the media to
keep the public
aware of the need to
preserve these
century-old links to
our heritage.
With everyone
working together, we
can help protect and
preserve New
Brunswick’s covered
bridges!
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For more information
or to join in the
effort to preserve
and protect New
Brunswick’s covered
bridges, email
Withers@nbnet.nb.ca
More information on
the group can be
found at
www.promotingnewbrunswick.nb.ca
Or inquiries can be
mailed to:
Covered Bridges in
New Brunswick
Preservation
Association Inc.
527 Beaverbrook
Court
Box 116
Fredericton, N.B.
E3B 1X6 |
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Many of the first
covered bridges of
Kings County were
named after a man
who developed the
design called the
"Town Design". Mr.
Ithiel Town of
Connecticut patented
the design in 1820.
In 1830, a man named Howe improved the
design, by placing
iron rods between
the upper and lower
chords. Nuts were
attached to the
threaded ends of the
rods, by tightening
these whenever
sagging began, the
construction was
easily trued. This
was known as a Howe
design.
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