The Kenyon Covered Bridge, also known as the Blacksmith Shop Bridge, is a historic covered bridge spanning Mill Brook near Town House Road in Cornish, New Hampshire, United States. Built in 1882, it is one of New Hampshire's few surviving 19th-century covered bridges.

The Kenyon Bridge is located in a wooded rural setting, a short way east of Town House Road, about 0.3 miles south of its junction with Center Road. It spans Mill Brook in a roughly east-west orientation. It is 96 feet long and 14.5 feet wide, with a roadbed 90 feet long and 13 feet wide. The bridge rests on dry-laid stone abutments. The bridge's multiple kingpost trusses are sheltered by a sheet metal roof, with vertical plank siding covering the lower 1/3 of the trusses. Each truss consists of 28-panel sections between 29 posts.

The bridge was built in 1882 by James Frederick Tasker (1826–1903), a local builder well known for his bridges. Its historic name, Blacksmith Shop Bridge, derives from a shop nearby owned by blacksmith John Fellows.  It underwent a major rehabilitation in 1963. It is now closed to vehicular traffic, but open to pedestrians.

Blacksmith Shop Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Personal note:  In the summer of 2019, Blacksmith Shop Bridge was well on the way to being swallowed up by the surrounding trees and vegetation. Difficult to find with no markers and not visible from the road, New Hampshire is in danger of losing this bridge due to neglect. The inside of the bridge was still in decent shape, however. 

Located at:  N43 27.777   W72 21.205        -         WGCB #29-10-01

Photographed in July of 2019

Photos by Millard Farmer