Hartland Bridge:

1899 Hartland Bridge Company was formed by a group of private citizens who were tired of waiting for the government to decide whether or not to build a bridge across the St. John River at Hartland.
1901 July 4, 1901 the bridge was officially opened with the following tolls charged: Three cents for pedestrians, six cents for a single horse and wagon, twelve cents for a double team. A strip of twenty tickets could be purchased for fifty cents.
1906 The provincial government took over the ownership and maintenance of the bridge and removed the tolls.
1920 In April of 1920 two spans of the bridge were swept away by the ice.
1922 The bridge was covered and in the early years snow had to be hauled and placed on the floor so the sleds could easily travel on it in the winter.
1924 Lights were installed on the bridge.
1945 Sidewalk was added which is a small bridge in itself.
1980 On June 23, 1980 the bridge was declared a national historic site.
1982 Small car ran into the west end of the bridge on the Somerville side and did extensive damage. The bridge was closed for several months while repairs were done.
1987 The Olympic torch was carried through the bridge as part of celebrations of the 1988 Winter Olympics to be held in Calgary.
1995 On September 1. 1995 Canada Post Corporation launched a postage stamp honouring the bridge.
1999 On September 15, 1999 the bridge was declared a provincial historic site.
2001 Festivities celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the bridge were held in 2001.
The bridge consists of 7 spans and was constructed at a cost of approximately $33,000.00.

   

Thanks for sharing.

   

yeah, that bridge is nothing new to me, I grew up just 10 mins from the bridge. Its nice and all, but people have tried to burn it down many time and have been caught a many time. Serves them right i guess.

   

Enjoy the covered bridges while you can. They are becoming extinct, especially in N.B.. I know of two of them that have burned down in Kent County in the last three years. One of them a covered bridge about 10 minutes from my parents place, and I took pictures of it three months before it burnt down.

   

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