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The Old Mead Covered Bridge in Pittsford was destroyed by fire on July 22, 1971. The Twigg-Smith Covered Bridge in West Windsor was destroyed by wind in 2002. The Frank Lewis Covered Bridge in Woodstock was destroyed by Hurricane Irene on August 28, 2011. The Cedar Swamp Covered Bridge in Cornwall was destroyed by fire on September 10, 2016.
The Lincoln Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge, just south of U.S. Route 4 in West Woodstock, Vermont. Built in 1877, it is one of the only known examples of a wooden Pratt truss bridge in the United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. [1]
Name Image Built Listed Location County Type Arlington Green Covered Bridge: 1852 1973-08-28 Arlington: Bennington: Town lattice truss Bartonsville Covered Bridge
The Green Mountain State boasts over 100 covered bridges, many located off the beaten path, but easy to find with the right directions. Covered bridges are a part of Vermont's landscape. Here are ...
The State of Vermont has the highest number of covered bridges per square mile in the United States. Replica covered bridges have also been built throughout the state to capture the essence of the historic bridges. Non-authentic covered bridges are those that do not use traditional truss construction. Usually they are built with stringer ...
The Taftsville Covered Bridge is a timber-framed covered bridge which spans the Ottauquechee River in the Taftsville village of Woodstock, Vermont, in the United States. [1] Built in 1836 and exhibiting no influence from patented bridge designs, [1] it is among the oldest remaining covered bridges both in Vermont [2] and the nation as a whole. [3]
No other state has built and still possesses so many of the old timbered crossings in so small an area." [13] In 1996, 106 covered bridges were reported in Vermont. [14] U.S. Virginia: Six historic covered bridges remain, all still at their original locations. U.S. Washington: Only a few traditional covered bridges remain in Washington, [15 ...
It is set high above the Ottauquechee River near the southern end of Quechee Gorge, a major local tourist attraction that is part of Quechee State Park. It is a three-span steel deck truss structure, 285 feet (87 m) long, 41 feet (12 m) wide, and 163 feet (50 m) high carrying two lanes of traffic (one in each direction) and sidewalks on both sides.