Scott Covered Bridge

Lamoille County, Vermont  (WGN 45-08-01)  (WGCB VT-08-01):  (c. 1872; repaired 1952; reinforced c. 1970; renovated 2004)   A single-span multiple Kingpost with Burr arch truss 84' 5" over the Brewster River.  Located:  South of Jeffersonville, Vermont on Canyon Road near the Brewster River Gorge State Park.   Directions:  From jct. SR 15 and SR 108 in Jeffersonville, Vermont take SR 108 south 0.5 mile to left on Canyon Road 0.1 mile to the bridge.  In 1952 there was a freshet that washed out a 4' section between the road and the bridge abutment.  After temporary repairs failed a new concrete abutment was poured. These repairs cost $4,800.00.  A timber distribution beam was added under the flooring in the 1970s.  In 2004 the bridge was rebuilt at a cost of $466,057.05.  During construction, the distribution timber added in the 1970's was removed and except for the addition of two wooden joists tie-bolted under the roadway, it remains as it was when originally constructed.  The structure rests on the original laid up dry rubble stone abutments.  The Burr arches end at the chords. Dark weathered boarding, except the new hemlock boards on the upstream side, covers the sides.  It is open under the eaves for ventilation and has two high window openings with slanted window sills, opposing, along each side.  Vertical boarding covers the portals with the lower edge diagonal cut in the upper corners of the entrance.  The floor has lengthwise planking with wide runners and its new green painted standing-seam steel roof and the gables project beyond the entrances providing additional weather protection for the interior.  A timber tire-guard extends along each side in the interior and steel-backed timber guardrails extend along the roadway from each side of the portals.  Also known as the Grist Mill Covered Bridge (from the old gristmill just downstream on the east-northeast river bank), the Bryant Covered Bridge, the Grand Canyon Covered Bridge (from the gorge beneath the bridge), the Brewster River Covered Bridge (from the river it crosses), the Canyon Covered Bridge (from Canyon Road and the gorge beneath the bridge) and the Jeffersonville Covered Bridge.  It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 13, 1974.  (Sep 2004; Sep 2007)

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