List of covered bridges in Vermont
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Below is an incomplete list of covered bridges in Vermont. There are currently approximately 106 covered bridges remaining in the U.S. state of Vermont. The State of Vermont has the highest number of covered bridges per square mile in the United States.
| Bridge | County | Location | Built | Length (ft) | Crosses | Ownership | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornwall-Salisbury Bridge | Addison | Cornwall | 1856 | 136' | Otter Creek on Creek Road | Towns | Town's lattice truss | Longest town lattice span in Vermont. |
| Spade Farm Bridge ( Old Hollow ) | Addison | Ferrisburgh | 1850 | 85' | Privately Owned Pound (No Road) | Private | Town's lattice truss | |
| Pulp Mill Bridge | Addison | Middlebury | 1850's | 199' | Otter Creek on Seymour St Ext | Towns | Burr Arch | A rare two lane covered bridge. |
| Halpin Bridge | Addison | Middlebury | 1824 | 66.2' | Muddy Branch (of the New Haven River) on Halpin Road | Towns | Town Lattice truss | Highest covered bridge from stream bed in Vermont. |
| Rutland Railroad Bridge | Addison | East Shoreham | 1897 | 108' | Richville Pond on an abandoned railroad bed | VT State Division for Historic Preservation | Howe Truss | As of November 2007 this bridge is bring renovated.[1] This bridge is one of two remaining rail road covered bridges in the state of Vermont. |
| Paper Mill Village Bridge | Bennington | Bennington | 1889; rebuilt 2000 | 125.5' | Walloomsac River on Murphy Road | Town | Town's lattice truss | |
| Silk Bridge | Bennington | Bennington | Approx. 1840 | 88' | Walloomsac River on Silk Road | Town | Town's lattice truss | |
| Henry Bridge | Bennington | Bennington | Originally 1840, Replicated 1989. | 120.8' | Walloomsac River on Murphy Road | Town | Town's lattice truss | |
| Chiselville Bridge | Bennington | Chiselville | 1870 | 120.8' | Roaring Branch Brook on Sunderland Hill Road | Town | Town's lattice truss | |
| West Arlington Bridge | Bennington | West Arlington | 1852 | 80.3' | Battenkill River on unnamed road just off of VT-313 | Town | Town's lattice truss | |
| Depot Bridge | Rutland | Pittsford | 1840 | 121' | Otter Creek on Depot Rd | Town | Town's lattice truss | |
| Sanderson Bridge | Rutland | Brandon | 1840; near total replacement in 2003 | 121' | Otter Creek on Perl St Extension | Town | Town's lattice truss | |
| Cooley Bridge | Rutland | Pittsford | 1849 | 50.5' | Otter Creek on Elm St | Town | Town's lattice truss | This bridge may be one of the most photographed in the state of Vermont. |
| Hammond Bridge | Rutland | Pittsford | 1842 or 1843 | 139' | Otter Creek next to Kendall Hill Road | VT Division for Historic Preservation | Town's lattice truss | Closed to vehicle traffic. (Bypassed) |
| Gorham Bridge | Rutland | Pittsford | 1841 or 1842 | 114.8' | Otter Creek on Gorham Bridge Road | Town | Town's lattice truss | |
| Kingsley Bridge | Rutland | East Clarendon | 1870 | 120.6' | Mill River on Mill ST | Town | Town's lattice truss | |
| Brown Bridge | Rutland | Shrewsbury | 1880 | 112' | Cold River on Upper Cold River Rd | Town | Town's lattice truss | |
| Twin Bridge of Rutland Town | Rutland | Rutland | 1850 | 60' | Formerly East Creek | Town | Town's lattice truss | This bridge is now on dry land, and bored up. It is currently being used as a storage shed by the Town of Rutland Highway Department. |
| Creamery Bridge | Windham | Brattleboro | 1879 | 80' | Whetstone Brook at Guilford St | Town | Town's lattice truss | |
| West Dummerston Bridge | Windham | West Dummerston | 1879 | 280' | Whetstone Brook at Guilford St | Town | Town's lattice truss | This is the longest covered bridge completely within Vermont. Windsor-Cornish Covered Bridge, which crosses the Connecticut River in Windsor County is longer, but since the Vermont-New Hampshire border is on the western bank of the river, the Windsor-Cornish Bridge is mostly within the state of New Hampshire and only touches Vermont. |
| Kidder Hill Bridge | Windham | Grafton | 1870 | 37' or 67' (Sources Conflict) | South Branch of Saxtons River at Kidder Hill Rd | Town | Modified king post truss | |
| Green River Bridge | Windham | Guilford | 1870 | 104' | Green River at Jacksonville Stage Rd | Town | Town's lattice truss | |
| Williamsville | Windham | Newfane | 1870's | 117' | Rock River at Dover Rd | Town | Town's lattice truss | |
| Hall Bridge | Windham | Rockingham | 1870; destroyed by over-loaded truck in 1980; rebuilt 1982 | 120.5' | Saxtons River at Paradise Hill Rd | Town | Town's lattice truss | |
| Bartonsville Bridge | Windham | Rockingham | 1870 | 159' | Williams River at Lower Bartonsville Rd Rd | Town | Town's lattice truss | |
| Victorian Village Bridge | Windham | Rockingham | 1872; dismantled in 1959; rebuilt at current location in 1967 | Unknown | A unnamed brook at the Vermont Country Store parking lot | Private | Modified king post truss | This bridge was moved by the US Army Corps of Engineers, to save it from a flood control dam/reservoir project in Townshend, VT. |
| Worrall Bridge | Windham | Rockingham | Approx. 1870 | 82.5' | Williams River at Williams Rd | Town | Town's lattice truss | |
| Scott Bridge | Windham | Townshend | 1870 | 276' | West River at Back Side Rd | Town | Town's lattice truss with added arch with Howe Truss metal rods for verticals | This bridge is closed to traffic due to the instability of the longest span. Failed efforts have been made to strength this bridge. This bridge has the longest single span in the state of Vermont, at 166'. |
| Bests Covered Bridge | Windsor | West Windsor | Approx. 1889 | 37.4' | Mill Brook at Churchill Rd | Town | Tied Arch | |
| Bowers Covered Bridge | Windsor | West Windsor | 1919 | 45.3' | Mill Brook at Ely Rd | Town | Tied Arch | |
| Quechee Covered Bridge | Windsor | Hartford | 1919 | 90' | Ottauquechee River at Waterman Hill Rd | Town | Steel Plus Wood Town's lattice truss | Not technically a historical covered bridge.
This is a two lane covered bridge, with a pedestrian walkway. |
| Martins Mill Covered Bridge | Windsor | West Windsor | 1881 | 135' | Lull's Brook at Martinsville Rd | Town | Town's lattice truss | |
| Willard Covered Bridge | Windsor | West Windsor | 1870 | 128' | Ottauquechee River at Mill Rd | Town | Town's lattice truss | |
| (Willard) Twin Covered Bridge | Windsor | West Windsor | 2001 | 128' | Ottauquechee River at Mill Rd | Town | Town's lattice truss | Located a few yards south of Willard Bridge.
Replaces a Covered Bridge previously at this location prior to 1938. |
| Windsor-Cornish | Windsor | Windsor | 1866 | 465' | Connecticut River at Bridge St | New Hampshire Department of Transportation | Town's lattice truss | Longest Wooden Bridge in the United States. Longest two span covered bridge in the world |
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