Vermont's Covered Bridges - Lamoille County
Vermont's Covered Bridges - Lamoille 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.
Church Street Covered Bridge
The Church Street Covered Bridge, also called the Village Covered Bridge, is a wooden covered bridge that crosses the North Branch of the Lamoille River (also known as the Kelly River) in Waterville, Vermont off State Route 109. Built in the late 19th century, it is one of five covered bridges in a space of about five miles that cross the North Branch Lamoille. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
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Fisher Covered Railroad Bridge
The Fisher Covered Railroad Bridge is a covered bridge in Wolcott, Vermont. Built in 1908, it originally carried the St. Johnsbury and Lamoille County Railroad line over the Lamoille River. It was the last covered bridge in Vermont to carry railroad traffic, and is a rare surviving example in the state of a double Town lattice truss. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
Location:
2.9 miles west of jct VT14 on south side of VT15 in roadside park. West of Hardwick, east of Wolcott.
Gates Farm Covered Bridge
The Gates Farm Covered Bridge is a covered bridge that crosses the Seymour River off State Route 15 in Cambridge, Vermont. Built in 1897, it is last bridge to be built during the historic period of covered bridge construction with the Burr arch design. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
Location:
0.8 miles east of jct VT104 on VT15, then 0.1 miles right on farm access road south from VT15.
Gold Brook Covered Bridge
Gold Brook Covered Bridge, also known as Stowe Hollow Bridge or Emily’s Bridge, is a small wooden covered bridge in the town of Stowe, Lamoille County, Vermont, carrying Covered Bridge Road over Gold Brook. Built in 1844, it is the only 19th-century covered bridge in the state built using wooden Howe trusses and carrying a public roadway. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
Location:
1.8 miles south of jct VT108 on VT100, then 1.3 miles left on Gold Brook Rd. and just left on Covered Bridge Rd.
Grist Mill Covered Bridge
The Grist Mill Covered Bridge, also known as the Scott Covered Bridge, the Bryant Covered Bridge, and the Canyon Covered Bridge, is a covered bridge that carries Canyon Road across the Brewster River, off Vermont Route 108 in Cambridge, Vermont. Built in the 19th century, it is one of a small number of surviving Burr arch truss bridges in the state, and is one of three left in Cambridge. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
Location:
0.7 miles south of jct VT15 on VT108, then 400 feet left on Canyon Rd. South of Jeffersonville.
Jaynes Covered Bridge
The Jaynes Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge, carrying Codding Hollow Road across the North Branch Lamoille River in Waterville, Vermont. Built in 1877, it is one of three 19th-century covered bridges in the town, and one of five to span the North Branch Lamoille in a five-mile span. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
Location:
6.1 miles northeast of jct VT108 on VT109, then 0.1 miles right on Codding Hollow Rd.
Mill Covered Bridge
The Mill Covered Bridge is a wooden covered bridge that crosses the North Branch Lamoille River on Back Road in Belvidere, Vermont. Built about 1890, it is one of two surviving covered bridges in the rural community. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
Location:
6.5 miles west of jct VT118 on VT109, then 0.5 miles right on Back Rd. West of Belvidere Center.
Montgomery Covered Bridge
The Montgomery Covered Bridge, also known as the Lower Covered Bridge is a wooden covered bridge that carries Montgomery Road across the North Branch of the Lamoille River in Waterville, Vermont. Built in 1887, it is one of three covered bridges in the town, and one of five on the river in a five-mile span. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
Location:
5.6 miles northeast of jct VT108 onVT109, then just right on Montgomery Bridge Rd.
Morgan Covered Bridge
The Morgan Covered Bridge, also known as the Upper Covered Bridge is a wooden covered bridge that crosses the North Branch Lamoille River in Belvidere, Vermont on Morgan Bridge Road. Built about 1887, it is one of the two covered bridges in Belvidere, and one of five in a five-mile span that all cross the same river. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
Location:
5.7 miles west of jct VT118 on VT109, then 0.1 miles left on Morgan Bridge Rd. West of Belvidere Center.
Poland Covered Bridge
The Poland Covered Bridge, also known as the Junction Covered Bridge or the Cambridge Junction Covered Bridge is a covered bridge that carries Cambridge Junction Road across the Lamoille River off State Route 15 in Cambridge, Vermont. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. The bridge is of Burr arch design, built by George W. Holmes in 1887.
Location:
0.7 miles east of jct VT108 on VT15, then 0.1 miles left on Cambridge Junction Rd. At Cambridge Junction.
Power House Covered Bridge
The Power House Covered Bridge, also known as the School Street Covered Bridge, is a covered bridge from 1872 that crosses the Gihon River off State Route 100C in Johnson, Vermont, US. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. The bridge’s name is from a now obsolete hydroelectric generating station just upstream from it. The bridge is of Queen post truss design by an unknown builder.
Location:
0.4 miles east of jct VT15 on VT100C, then just left on School St.
Red Covered Bridge
The Red Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge, carrying Cole Hill Road across Sterling Brook in Morristown, Vermont. Built in 1896, it is the only surviving 19th-century covered bridge in the town, and one of the last to be built during the historic period of covered bridge construction in the state. It is of queen post truss design, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
Location:
1.7 miles north of jct VT108 on VT100, then 1.7 miles left on Stagecoach Rd., 1.6 miles left on Sterling Valley Rd. and just right on Cole Hill Rd.
Scribner Covered Bridge
The Scribner Covered Bridge, also known as the Mudgett Covered Bridge, is a covered bridge that carries Rocky Road across the Gihon River off State Route 100C in eastern Johnson, Vermont. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. It is one of a small number of Vermont’s covered bridges that are the result of covering an existing open bridge.
Location:
1.5 miles northeast of jct with VT15 on VT100C in Johnson, then 0.3 miles right on Rocky Rd.