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Hartley Steeves or Weldon Creek #3, Albert County

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Inventory Number: NB/55-01-11
County: Albert County
Township: Hillsboro
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Hartley Steeves or Weldon Creek #3
Crosses: Weldon Creek
Truss type: Howe & Queen
Spans: 1
Length: 63', 19m
Roadway Width: 18'
Built: 1923
Builder: John Forbes
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N45 55.027
Longitude: W064 42.062
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Directions: 2.5 miles (3.9 km) west of jct NB114 on NB910.

Hartley Steeves or Weldon Creek #3 Bridge, Hillsboro, Albert County, NB Built 1923
Warren White Photo, June 10, 2011

Hartley Steeves or Weldon Creek #3 Bridge, Hillsboro, Albert County, NB Built 1923
Bill Caswell Photo (1986)

Hartley Steeves or Weldon Creek #3 Bridge, Hillsboro, Albert County, NB Built 1923
Bill & Jenn Caswell Photo, February 17, 2019

Comments:
Local legend is that a young man named John Forbes came to build the Hartley Steeves Bridge and fell in love with a local girl. The facts are even more interesting than the legend. On December 26, 1922, John Edwin Forbes married Marie L. Steeves of Hillsborough in Saint Andrews Church in Saint John. Marie’s father was Hartley J. Steeves.

Sources:
Gregory, Joan. Albert County Sketchbook, 1975
New Brunswick Travel Bureau. Covered Bridges of New Brunswick (Canada), undated (mid 1950s), page 8
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 164