The Greenbanks Hollow Covered Bridge is a historic

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, carrying Greenbanks Hollow Road across Joes Brook in southern

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. It is the only surviving 19th-century covered bridge in the town. It was listed on the

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in 1974.

Description and history

The Greenbanks Hollow Covered Bridge is located in a rural area of southern Danville, spanning Joes Brook, an east-flowing tributary of the

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. Greenbanks Hollow Road is a minor through road between Danville and Peacham. It is a single-span

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truss structure, with flanking trusses of unequal length. The western truss is long, while the eastern one is longer, the skew visible at the southern portal. The bridge is wide, with a roadway width of , carrying one lane of traffic. It is covered by a metal gabled roof with broad eaves. The side walls are covered to about half their height with vertical board siding, which is extended around the full height of the portals. The bridge rests on abutments of stone and concrete; the northern one has been rebuilt after its original stone abutment collapsed. with The bridge's construction date and builder are not known. Vermont historian Herbert Congdon claims that the bridge was originally uncovered, and that its roof is a later addition. It is stylistically similar to the bridges located in nearby

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, which also feature queen post trusses, half-height siding, and broad roofs. It is the only surviving 19th-century covered bridge in the town of Danville. Typical Bridge Danville VT

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Claims that this bridge was originally uncovered are true. The photographer and antiquarian, Wallace Nutting, photographed the Greenbanks Hollow bridge in its uncovered state in a hand colored platinotype photograph entitled "Typical Bridge." This photograph does not have a Studio number in Nutting's catalog, which is uncommon, but not without precedent. Nutting's photograph of the Greenbanks Hollow bridge has "Copyright 1901 by W. Nutting" in the lower left hand corner of the photograph. So, as of 1901, the Greenbanks Hollow bridge was uncovered.

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