Vermont Website Statistics

All Bridges

  • Total listed Vermont bridges: 239
  • Bridges with photos: 119 (49.8%)
  • Bridges with Street View: 75 (31.4%)
  • Bridges with GPS coordinates: 238 (99.6%)

  • Total photos: 698

Extant Bridges

  • Extant bridges: 220 (92.1% of all)
  • Bridges with photos: 109 (49.5% of extant)
  • Bridges with Street View: 71 (32.3% of extant)
  • Bridges with GPS coordinates: 219 (99.5% of extant)

Lost Bridges

  • Lost bridges: 17 (7.1% of all)
  • Bridges with photos: 8 (47.1% of lost)
  • Bridges with GPS coordinates: 17 (100.0% of lost)

Oldest Listed Bridges

  1. Seymore Street Bridge (Addison County, built 1820, open to traffic)
  2. Halpin Covered Bridge (Addison County, built 1824, open to traffic)
  3. Spade Farm Covered Bridge (Addison County, built 1824, open to pedestrians)
  4. Great Eddy Covered Bridge (Washington County, built 1833, open to traffic)
  5. Taftsville Covered Bridge (Windsor County, built 1836, open to traffic)
  6. Kingsley Bridge (Rutland County, built 1836, open to traffic)
  7. Westford Bridge (Chittenden County, built 1837, open to pedestrians)
  8. Sanderson Bridge (Rutland County, built 1838, open to traffic)
  9. Silk Road Bridge (Bennington County, built 1840, open to traffic)
  10. Depot Bridge (Rutland County, built 1840, open to traffic)

By Design

  • Arch: 30 (12.6%)
    • Deck arch: 25 (10.5%)
      • Closed-spandrel arch: 1 (0.4%)
      • Steel arch: 1 (0.4%)
      • Stone arch: 11 (4.6%)
    • Through arch: 5 (2.1%)
      • Steel through arch: 2 (0.8%)

  • Beam: 7 (2.9%)
    • Stringer: 7 (2.9%)
      • Timber stringer: 7 (2.9%)

  • Floating: 1 (0.4%)
    • Pontoon: 1 (0.4%)

  • Girder: 1 (0.4%)
    • Deck girder: 1 (0.4%)
      • Deck plate girder: 1 (0.4%)

  • Other: 2 (0.8%)

  • Truss: 197 (82.4%)
    • Bedstead pony truss: 2 (0.8%)
      • Bedstead Warren pony truss: 2 (0.8%)
    • Deck truss: 7 (2.9%)
      • Baltimore deck truss: 1 (0.4%)
    • Pony truss: 38 (15.9%)
      • Bailey pony truss: 1 (0.4%)
      • Parker pony truss: 5 (2.1%)
      • Polygonal Warren pony truss: 2 (0.8%)
      • Pratt pony truss: 1 (0.4%)
      • Warren pony truss: 8 (3.3%)
    • Through truss: 142 (59.4%)
      • Baltimore through truss: 2 (0.8%)
      • Burr arch-truss: 8 (3.3%)
      • Camelback through truss: 1 (0.4%)
      • Howe through truss: 2 (0.8%)
      • Kingpost through truss: 9 (3.8%)
      • Lattice through truss: 41 (17.2%)
        • Quadrangular lattice through truss: 1 (0.4%)
        • Town lattice truss: 39 (16.3%)
      • Lenticular through truss: 1 (0.4%)
      • Multiple Kingpost through truss: 6 (2.5%)
      • Paddleford through truss: 3 (1.3%)
      • Parker through truss: 11 (4.6%)
      • Pennsylvania through truss: 3 (1.3%)
      • Pratt through truss: 13 (5.4%)
      • Queenpost through truss: 20 (8.4%)
      • Warren through truss: 4 (1.7%)
        • Warren through truss with all verticals: 1 (0.4%)

    • Tunnel: 1 (0.4%)