Coverdale River No.3 (Bamford Colpitts)

The Bamford Colpitts bridge is a sweet little bridge that is actually on private property now, though I believe it is maintained by the provincial DTI (I will correct this if wrong, but it has provincial signage on it, so one would assume).  You have to go down a short track beside a house on Route 895, and there it is.  I asked a couple of local people if I should stop and get permission to walk down to the bridge, and they said "I could if I wanted to", but didn't think it was necessary.  

This bridge has got some old advertisements painted on the inside frame that are still clearly visible (photos below).  I am not sure if these are original, or if someone had carefully repainted them in more recent years to preserve them.  The other thing of note for this bridge, is that the date sign over the front entrance says 1869, but the Provincial DTI site lists it as having been built in 1943, which is a  significant discrepancy.  I will follow up on  this when I have had a chance to do some research in the Archives.

The farmers who own the surrounding land  have put an enclosure in the river under the bridge for their cows to wade into the water for a drink or some shade.   It is in a lovely pastoral setting and makes this bridge one of my favorites.  

Undated picture of the bridge in a state of disrepair (below).  

Used with permission Province of New Brunswick