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We travelled up to North Conway today to do some outlet shopping. After we were done spending all our money we set out in search for covered bridges. Well I say search, it didnt take much searching as I recently programmed 2150 of them into my Garmin satnav! We visited 4 bridges in total including one which had been converted into a gift shop and another which was no longer sat over a river! The first bridge we visited was Bartlett Bridge which is now privately owned and serving as a gift shop. I did not stop to take a picture as the bridge looked somewhat dissapointing in it’s new role.

Whittier Bridge was the second of the bridges we visited. It had been removed from its rightful position over bearcamp river to the west bank of the river for restoration. The work is due to be completed in 2010 and will cost an estimated $632,000.

Saco Bridge is located in Conway Village. It was built in 1890 at a cost of $4000 and is 224 feet in length.

On the way back home we re-routed via Albany to see the appropriately named Albany Bridge. This bridge was built in 1858, it is 120 feet in length and in my opinion was the prettiest of the bridges we saw today. A quick search on Google finds some really stunning pictures of the bridge in the fall colour. We shall have to take a trip back next year to get some leafy shots!