Vermont's Covered Bridges - Addison County
Vermont's Covered Bridges - Addison County
Vermont’s covered bridges typify the beauty and grace of simple structures. Covered bridges in Vermont are not only beautiful, but they’re also functional. Few historic landmarks conjure a finer kind of nostalgia than covered bridges on country roads. Below is a list of some of the covered bridges in Vermont.
Old Hollow/ Spade/Old Covered Bridge Farm
The Spade Farm Covered Bridge, also called the Old Hollow Covered Bridge[1] is a covered bridge that crosses a storm drainage ditch off State Route 7 in Ferrisburgh, Vermont.
Location:
3.9 miles north of jct VT22A on west side of US7.
Halpin Covered Bridge
The Halpin Bridge is set forty-one feet above the Muddy Branch of the New Haven River, higher than any covered bridge in Vermont. The original abutments were marble, laid up dry. The use of marble as a foundation stone indicates that there is a quarry nearby. The town maintained span leads only to a farmyard.
Location:
0.1 miles southeast of jct VT30 in Middlebury on US7, then 1.4 miles left on Washington St., then 1.5 miles left on Halpin Rd. and 0.3 miles right on Halpin Covered Bridge Rd. (a dead end road).
East Shoreham Covered Railroad Bridge
The East Shoreham Covered Railroad Bridge is a historic covered bridge spanning the Lemon Fair River near East Shoreham, Vermont. Built in 1897 by the Rutland Railroad Company, it is the state’s only surviving example of a wooden Howe truss railroad bridge. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
Location:
2.7 miles north of jct VT73 (East) on VT30, then 2.8 miles left on Shoreham-Whiting Rd. (becomes Richville Rd.) and 0.7 miles left on Shoreham Depot Rd. to Vermont fishing access parking on right opposite Dame Rd. Park and walk 0.1 miles west.
Pulp Mill Covered Bridge
The Pulp Mill Covered Bridge, also called the Paper Mill Covered Bridge, is a wooden covered bridge that crosses Otter Creek between Middlebury and Weybridge, Vermont on Seymour Street. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
Location:
0.7 miles northwest of jct VT125 on VT23 (Weybridge St.), then 0.4 miles right on Pulp Mill Bridge Rd. and 190 feet right still on Pulp Mill Bridge Rd.