The Kingsley Covered Bridge (also called the Mill River Bridge) is a wooden
covered bridge carrying East Street across the
Mill River in
Clarendon, Vermont. Built about 1870, it is the town's only surviving 19th-century covered bridge. The bridge was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
Description and history
The Kingsley Covered Bridge is located west of
Vermont Route 103 and just under the landing strip for the
Rutland Airport
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on East Street Extension off Gorge Road, a paved road that turns to dirt after crossing the bridge. It is adjacent to the
Kingsley Grist Mill Historic District, consisting of a restored mill and houses. The bridge has a 3-ton weight limit.
The bridge is a single-span
Town lattice
A lattice bridge is a form of truss bridge that uses many small, closely spaced diagonal elements forming a lattice. The lattice Truss Bridge was patented in 1820 by architect Ithiel Town.
Originally a design to allow a substantial bridge to b ...
truss structure, long and wide, with a roadway width of (one lane). The trusses rest on
abutments that have been faced in concrete. The exterior is finished in vertical board siding, which extends from the sides, around the portals, and just inside the portals. It has a roof of corrugated metal.
The bridge bears a sign claiming to have been built in 1836, but the National Register nomination claims a construction date of about 1870. The bridge was built by Timothy K. Horton (1814-1896),
and is the town's last surviving 19th-century bridge.
[ The site has apparently had a bridge since the late 18th century, with references to a crossing being authorized there in 1788.][
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See also
* National Register of Historic Places listings in Rutland County, Vermont
*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 con ...
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References
{{NRHP in Rutland County, Vermont
Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont
Covered bridges in Rutland County, Vermont
Buildings and structures in Clarendon, Vermont
Bridges completed in 1836
Wooden bridges in Vermont
National Register of Historic Places in Rutland County, Vermont
Historic district contributing properties in Vermont
Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont
Lattice truss bridges in the United States