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The West Dummerston Covered Bridge is a historic
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 ...
spanning the
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in
Dummerston, Vermont Dummerston is a town in Windham County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,865 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. It is home to the longest covered bridge still in use in Vermont. Its borders include three main villages: Dum ...
, between
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and Camp Arden Road. Built in 1872, it is at the longest covered bridge entirely within the state of
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. It was listed on the
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in 1973.


Description and history

The West Dummerston Covered Bridge is located in west-central Dummerston, a short way north of the village of West Dummerston. It spans the West River in a roughly east–west direction, and is mounted on stone abutments and a central stone pier. The bridge consists of two spans, each supported by
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lattice trusses, and has a total structure length of . The sides of the bridge are finished in flush vertical boards, and the ends are sheathed in wooden clapboards. The roof is of corrugated metal, laid over an older wooden shingle roof. The side walls have diamond-shaped openings cut in them to admit additional light. The bridge was built in 1872 by master builder Caleb Lamson, and is the only known surviving example of his work in Windham County. It is the longest covered bridge entirely within the state: the Scott Covered Bridge in Townshend is long, and the
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(spanning the
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into
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) is the nation's longest, at .


See also

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List of Vermont covered bridges Below is a list of covered bridges in Vermont. There are just over 100 authentic covered bridges in the U.S. state of Vermont, giving the state the highest number of covered bridges per square mile in the United States. A covered bridge is conside ...
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Windham County, Vermont __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Windham County, Vermont. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Windham County, Verm ...
*
List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont This is a list of bridges and tunnels on the National Register of Historic Places in the U.S. state of Vermont. See also * List of covered bridges in Vermont * List of non-authentic covered bridges in Vermont References {{DEFAULTSORT:List ...


References


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* {{NRHP in Windham County, Vermont Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont Bridges completed in 1872 Wooden bridges in Vermont Covered bridges in Windham County, Vermont National Register of Historic Places in Windham County, Vermont Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont Lattice truss bridges in the United States 1872 establishments in Vermont Buildings and structures in Dummerston, Vermont