| Perhaps no symbol pays greater homage to our nation's past than the covered bridge. Once commonplace, it has all but disappeared. Not in Vermont. Central Vermont has 14 covered bridges including a unique cluster of bridges in Northfield. Two of these bridges are within a quarter mile of each other on the same road. They can be easily viewed simultaneously - the only place in the East where this occurs.
Vermont has the greatest concentration of covered bridges in the United States - a total of 114 in this tiny state, many of which are still in use. 100 years ago there were over 600 covered bridges, but the flood of 1927 left only about 200. Nearly half of those have been lost to fire or development since. The remaining are among the nation's finest. "If it's a lonely farm you're looking for, go to Iowa; if it's covered bridges you want, try Vermont." (Ed Barna, author, "Covered Bridges of Vermont")
Click on the link below for directions and a map to the covered bridges of central Vermont. |
