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Upper Dorchester or Memramcook River #1, Westmorland County

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Inventory Number: NB/55-14-06#2x
County: Westmorland County
Township: Dorchester
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Upper Dorchester or Memramcook River #1
Crosses: Memramcook River
Truss type: Howe
Spans: 5
Length: 848'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1924
Builder:
When Lost: 10 Jan 1978
Cause: Destroyed
Latitude: N45 56.41
Longitude: W064 31.84
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Directions: Off route 6 on Taylor Village Road.

Upper Dorchester Bridge, Westmoreland County, NB Destroyed 10 Jan 1978
Raymond Brainerd Photo (1964), Richard E. Roy Collection

Upper Dorchester or Memramcook River #1 Bridge, Dorchester, Westmoreland County, NB Built 1924 Destroyed 10 Jan 1978
Richard E. Roy Collection

Upper Dorchester or Memramcook River #1 Bridge, Dorchester, Westmorland County, NB Built 1924 Destroyed 10 Jan 1978
Fred Wunsch Photo

Comments:
Four sections were blown off their foundation on January 10, 1978. At the timeofits loss, it was the second longest covered bridge in the world.

Sources:
Lane, Oscar F.. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 1972, page 93
National Society For the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Covered Bridge Topics, Volume XXXX, No. 1, Winter 1982, page 13
New Brunswick Travel Bureau. Covered Bridges of New Brunswick (Canada), undated (mid 1950s), page 24

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