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Bennington
County, Vermont
(WGN 45-02-01)
(WGCB VT-02-01): (1852; renovated 1978-1980; guy wires added
1987; repaired and painted 1992; repaired and new roof 1994 ) A single-span
Town lattice truss 80' 3" over the Batten Kill River. Located:
West of the village of West Arlington, Vermont on Covered Bridge Road.
Directions: About 5 miles west of US 7 on SR 313 just past West Arlington,
Vermont on the left side of the road. Sits at the entrance to the
homestead of Norman Rockwell. It was blown off its abutments
and toppled into the Batten Kill when it was still the "New Bridge."
Being too heavy to be lifted back it was taken apart and rebuilt, then
tied to the banks by stout iron rods. The bridge was renovated during
the period 1978 - 1980. The roof was replaced in 1974 at a cost of
$1,267.50. In 1979, at a cost of $74,920.50, the structure had major
repairs done including jacking and shoring of the superstructure, adding
floor beams, replacing the floor, repairing the abutments and the lower
chord, and the repair or replacement of some truss members. In 1987 stabilizing
guy wires were added at a cost of $043.50. In 1992, at a cost of
$1,700.00, some siding boards were replaced and it was repainted barn red.
The decking, some knee braces, damaged gable siding and some truss members
were repaired in October 1994. At the same time a new standing seam
steel roof was installed at a cost of $60,430.00. Vertical
boarding covers the sides, weather panels, inside the entrances, and the
sides of the portal entrances. Horizontal boarding covers the gables.
It is open under the eaves for ventilation and there are five small framed
horizontal window openings, opposing, along each side. There is a
wire mesh screen protecting the truss on the inside of the structure.
The exterior, portals, weather panels are painted barn red and its standing
seam steel roof is painted green. Also known as the Bridge At
The Green Covered Bridge, the Arlington Covered Bridge and the
Arlington
Green Covered Bridge. It was listed on the National Register of Historic
Places on August 28, 1973. (Sep 2003) |
