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Bennington
County, Vermont
(WGN 45-02-03 #2)
(WGCB VT-02-03 #2): (2000) A single-span Town lattice truss
125' 5" over the Walloomsac River. Located: NW of Bennington,
Vermont off SR 67A on Murphy Road. Directions:
From Bennington, Vermont go north on US 7 then left at exit 1 on SR 7A
to left on SR 67A 0.3 mile to left on Murphy Road. The original 1889
bridge was demolished in December 1999 and rebuilt in April-May 2000 at
a cost of $300,000.00. The bridge was named for a 1790s paper mill that
was one of the state's first. Rolled paper is still being processed
in the building near the northwest corner of the bridge. Barn
red painted Horizontal ship lapped boarding covers the sides to rail height,
open above the eaves exposing the truss and the end weather panels on the
exterior of the sides and inside the entrances are covered with vertical
boarding to the eaves. Horizontal ship lapped boarding covers the
sides of the entrances and horizontal boarding covers the gables. The weather
panels inside the entrances and the trim board outlining the entrances
are painted white. It has a Gray painted steel roof.
Also known as the Paper Mill Covered Bridge, the Village Covered
Bridge the Bennington Falls Covered Bridge and the Walbridge
Covered Bridge. The original 1889 bridge was listed on the National
Register of Historic Places on August 28, 1973. (Sep 2003) |
