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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]
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 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 ...
William McKone, founder of the Vermont Covered Bridge Society, takes us to Jeffersonville for a history lesson on our state's iconic covered bridges.
One of Vermont's historic covered bridges has fallen under threat from modern technology. Box truck drivers relying on GPS continually crash through Lyndon's 140-year-old Miller’s Run bridge ...
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 Quechee Gorge Bridge is a historic bridge, carrying U.S. Route 4 (US 4) across Quechee Gorge, near the Quechee village of Hartford, Vermont. Built in 1911, it is Vermont's oldest surviving steel arch bridge. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [1]