Friends of the New Goffstown Covered Bridge

08/31/2020

A fantastic covered bridge story with a happy ending in Newport New Hampshire!

NEWPORT — There were once 19 covered bridges in Newport and now there are only three, although, significantly, two of them are covered railroad bridges. There are only eight covered

08/17/2020

I discovered that Boston and Maine Railroad Archives are stored at the University of Lowell in Lowell Ma. I sent a note to the director asking if he had anything pertaining to our Goffstown Trestle Bridge and he sent this gem, It's a copy of the original blueprint dated 1900. Almost completed a restored copy.

10/19/2019

Old railroad routes are being transformed into a seamless cross-country bike path For the first time in history, a coast-to-coast bike trail will connect nearly 4,000 miles of the country from Washington, D.C. to Washington State. The Great American Rail-Trail was announced last month by the non-pro...

12/31/2018

04/24/2018

Wow!

01/22/2018

DeFord Bailey - Pan American Blues (From "National Life Grand Ole Opry" 1967)

11/14/2017

Christmas Trains!

04/29/2017

Take a tour of America’s most picturesque covered bridges and see how these historic treasures combine clever engineering with artful design

03/30/2017

The first use of timber for building bridges probably emerged when someone decided to place a log over a stream to cross over. However, the 1830s boom in t

02/17/2017

Corbin Covered Bridge Restoration, Newport NH

02/17/2017

RIP

As founding president of the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, he led efforts to convert abandoned railroads to public trails.

08/17/2016

End of the line.