Dingleton Hill Covered Bridge

The Dingleton Hill Covered Bridge is located about 1 mile (1.6 km) east of New Hampshire Route 12, on Root Mill Road just south of Town House Road. The bridge is a single span King post truss structure running 79 feet (24 m), resting on an original stone abutment and a 1954 concrete abutment. Its original wood-shingle roof has been replaced by corrugated metal. Only the lower half of the trusses are sheathed with vertical planking; the upper half is exposed. The upper portion of the portals are finished in vertical board siding. Its interior is 14.5 feet (4.4 m) wide, carrying one lane of traffic.^[2]

The bridge was built in 1882 by James Tasker, a local builder, at a cost to the town of $812.^[2] It underwent a major restoration in 1983 by Milton Graton, after which there was a rededication ceremony attended by one of Tasker's descendants.^[3] The bridge was damaged in 2016 when a school bus (overweight for the posted limit, and overheight for its portals) crossed the bridge; the damage was repaired and the bridge reopened several months later.^[4]

On Town House Rd, at the intersection of Dingleton Hill Rd and Root Hill Rd, at the approximate DD coordinates of 43.4646, -72.3694, a sign for Covered Bridge No. 22 marks this bridge.^[5]

Other covered bridges in Cornish

• Blow-Me-Down Covered Bridge
• Blacksmith Shop Bridge, foot traffic only
• Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge

Covered bridges in nearby West Windsor, Vermont

• Bowers Covered Bridge
• Best's Covered Bridge

Lists of bridges

• List of New Hampshire covered bridges

National Register listings of area bridges

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Sullivan County, New Hampshire
• List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in New Hampshire