Below is a list of covered bridges in Vermont. There are just over 100 authentic
covered bridge
A covered bridge is a timber-truss bridge with a roof, decking, and siding, which in most covered bridges create an almost complete enclosure. The purpose of the covering is to protect the wooden structural members from the weather. Uncovered woo ...
s in the
U.S. state
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of
Vermont
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, giving the state the highest number of covered bridges per square mile in the
United States
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. A covered bridge is considered authentic not due to its age, but by its construction. An authentic bridge is constructed using
truss
A truss is an assembly of ''members'' such as beams, connected by ''nodes'', that creates a rigid structure.
In engineering, a truss is a structure that "consists of two-force members only, where the members are organized so that the assembl ...
es rather than other methods such as stringers (a popular choice for non-authentic covered bridges).
List
Destroyed
* 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
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was destroyed by
Hurricane Irene
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on August 28, 2011.
* The
Cedar Swamp Covered Bridge in
Cornwall
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was destroyed by fire on September 10, 2016.
* The
River Road Covered Bridge in
Troy
Troy ( el, Τροία and Latin: Troia, Hittite: 𒋫𒊒𒄿𒊭 ''Truwiša'') or Ilion ( el, Ίλιον and Latin: Ilium, Hittite: 𒃾𒇻𒊭 ''Wiluša'') was an ancient city located at Hisarlik in present-day Turkey, south-west of Ç ...
was destroyed by a snowmobile fire on February 6, 2021.
See also
*
List of non-authentic Covered Bridges in Vermont
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List of Vermont-related topics
Notes
References
External links
Covered bridges at Virtual VermontCovered Bridges of Pittsford, VT
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