Vermont's Covered Bridges - Orleans County
Vermont's Covered Bridges - Orleans 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.
Lord's Creek Covered Bridge
Paddleford, 50′, spanning Black River on a farm lane off Covered Bridge Road (Old Dump Road on some maps) approximately .8 mile north of Route 58.
Location:
| 0.5 miles east of jct VT14 on VT58, then 0.8 miles left on left side of Covered Bridge Rd. |
Coventry/Orne Covered Bridge
The Orne Covered Bridge is a replica of a historic bridge on Back Coventry Road in Irasburg, Vermont. Built in 2000, it is a replacement for a 19th-century bridge which stood on the site until it was destroyed by arson in 1997. The historic bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
Location:
0.2 miles north of jct VT14 in Coventry on US5, then 0.2 miles left on Main St. and 0.6 miles sharp left on Covered Bridge Rd. (becomes Back Coventry Rd.).
River Road Covered Bridge
The River Road Covered Bridge was a historic covered bridge, carrying Veilleux Road across the Missisquoi River in Troy, Vermont. Built in 1910, the Town lattice truss was the only surviving covered bridge in Troy from the historic period of covered bridge construction when it burned on February 6, 2021. It also exhibited some distinctive variations in construction from more typical Town lattices. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.