Vermont's Covered Bridges - Washington County
Vermont's Covered Bridges - Washington 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.
AM Foster Covered Bridge
Richard Spaulding designed the A. M. Foster Covered Bridge in 1998. It was named for his great grandfather, who owned Maple Glen Farm. The farm, on Cabot Plains Road, is now owned by the Burtt family. The covered bridge is a replica of a “farm bridge” over the Winooski River in Marshfield, Vermont, that was built around 1890. It was called the Orton Bridge or Martin Bridge.
Location:
1.4 miles west of jct VT15 on US2, then 2.1 miles right on West Shore Rd., then 1.6 miles left on left side of Cabot Plains Rd.
Coburn Covered Bridge
The Coburn Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge, carrying Coburn Road over the Winooski River in eastern East Montpelier, Vermont. Built in 1851, it is the town’s only surviving 19th-century covered bridge. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
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Great Eddy Covered Bridge
The Great Eddy Covered Bridge, also called the Big Eddy Covered Bridge or Waitsfield Covered Bridge, is a wooden covered bridge that crosses the Mad River in Waitsfield, Vermont on Bridge Street. Built in 1833, it is one of Vermont’s oldest covered bridges. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
Location:
320 feet east of VT100 and main intersection in Waitsfield on Bridge St.
Lower Cox Brook Covered Bridge
The Lower Cox Brook Covered Bridge is a wooden covered bridge that crosses Cox Brook in Northfield, Vermont on Cox Brook Road. Built in 1872, it is one of five surviving 19th-century covered bridges in the town, in the only place in Vermont where two historic bridges are visible from each other. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
Location:
0.2 miles west of VT12 and main intersection in Northfield Falls on Cox Brook Rd.
Martin Covered Bridge
The Martin Covered Bridge is a wooden covered bridge spanning the Winooski River off United States Route 2 in southern Marshfield, Vermont. Built about 1890, it is the only surviving historic covered bridge in the town. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
Location:
1.6 miles east of VT214 (west of Plainfield) on US2 and into a parking area for the bridge. Park and walk 440 feet southwest. Northeast of Plainfield.
Northfield Falls Covered Bridge
The Northfield Falls Covered Bridge, also called the Station Covered Bridge, is a wooden covered bridge that carries Cox Brook Road across the Dog River in Northfield, Vermont. Built in 1872, this Town lattice truss bridge is one of five surviving covered bridges in the town, and one of two that are visible from each other (the other is the Lower Cox Brook Covered Bridge). It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
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Pine Brook Covered Bridge
The Pine Brook Covered Bridge, also called the Wilder Covered Bridge,is a wooden covered bridge that crosses Pine Brook in Waitsfield, Vermont on North Road. Built in 1872, it is one two surviving 19th-century covered bridges in the town. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
Location:
1.6 miles south of jct VT100B on VT100, then 0.3 miles left on Meadow Rd. and 1.0 miles right on North Rd.
Robbins Nest Covered Bridge
The bridge is of queen post design built by Robert R. Robbins. Even though not historic, the bridge was built as a replica to one that stood just downstream and was swept away in the Vermont flood of 1927, and is of authentic design and construction. Ownership of the property has transferred at least once, and in 1990 the owners installed steel beams to reinforce the deck.
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Slaughter House Covered Bridge
The Slaughter House (or Slaughterhouse) Covered Bridge is a wooden covered bridge that carries Slaughterhouse Road across the Dog River in Northfield, Vermont. The Queen post truss bridge is one of five surviving 19th-century bridges in the town. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
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Stony Brook Covered Bridge
The Stony Brook Covered Bridge, also called the Moseley Covered Bridge, is a wooden covered bridge that crosses Stony Brook in Northfield, Vermont on Stony Brook Road. Built in 1899, it is one of two surviving 19th-century King post truss bridges in the state. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
Location:
| 1.6 miles southwest of jct VT12 on VT12A and 0.8 miles right on Stony Brook Rd. to bridge (stay left at fork). |
Upper Cox Brook Covered Bridge
The Upper Cox Brook Covered Bridge is a wooden covered bridge that crosses Cox Brook on Cox Brook Road in Northfield, Vermont. It is one of five surviving 19th-century covered bridges in the town, and one of three on the same road. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
Location:
0.3 miles west of VT12 and main intersection in Northfield Falls on Cox Brook Rd.
Warren Covered Bridge
The Warren Covered Bridge is a wooden covered bridge that crosses the Mad River in Warren, Vermont on Covered Bridge Road. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
Location:
4.8 miles south of jct VT17 on VT100, then 0.5 miles left on Main St. and just right on Covered Bridge Rd.