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Addison County      See Photos
Number/Town Stream/Bridge Name Directions Spans/lnth/year/type
45-01-b/Granville

45-01-d/Starksboro


45-01-e/Starksboro


45-01-f/Ferrisburgh
brook/Hemingway

Baldwin Brook/Casey's


brook/Gilley's


Little Otter Creek/Little Otter Creek
W side SR100 at #2883

1/4m N of Starksboro Ctr on
W side of SR116

3/4m S of Starksboro Ctr on
W side of SR116 at #1401

Wing Rd 0.7m from Middle Brook Rd
down path 0.6m
1/20'/1973/Stringer

1/16'/1990/Stringer


1/12'/1989/Stringer


1/16'/1973/Stringer
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Bennington County      See Photos
Number/Town Stream/Bridge Name Directions Spans/lnth/year/type
45-02-A/Sandgate

45-02-b/Bennington

45-02-e/Manchester

45-02-d/Pownal
Green River/Kreffer's Crossing

Furnace Brook/Grace Christian School

brook/Gregory

Jewett Brook/Murray-Armstrong
2.5m N of SR313 at #2536 Sandgate Rd

E of US7 in Catamount Plaza at #104 Kocher Dr

West Rd N 1.3m from jct with MA7A at #1251

W of US7 at #614
1/39'/1977/Stringer

1/28'/1979/Stringer

1/17'/?/Stringer

2/39'/1985/Stringer
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Caledonia County      See Photos
Number/Town Stream/Bridge Name Directions Spans/lnth/year/type
45-03-a/Danville

45-03-b/Hardwick
Joe's Brook/Joe's Pond Memorial

brook/Little Fisher
Jct US2 & SR15, in village

W side of SR14 at #2259
1/37'/1977/Stringer

1/24'/2001/Stringer
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Chittenden County      See Photos
Number/Town Stream/Bridge Name Directions Spans/lnth/year/type
45-04-B/Jericho

45-04-C/Underhill

45-04-d/Hinesburg
Browns River/Mills Riverside Park

Browns River/LaRue

Baldwin Brook/Palmer
E of SR15, in Mills Riverside Park

at #128 River Road

at #9225 Richmond Rd
1/37'/1967/Stringer

1/59'/1982/Stringer

1/16'/1988/Stringer
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Essex County      See Photos
Number/Town Stream/Bridge Name Directions Spans/lnth/year/type
45-05-a/Concord

45-05-B/Guildhall

45-05-c/Lunenburg

45-05-d/Brighton
brook/P&S Furniture Barn

Jones Brook/Davis

stream/Nelson

RR tracks/Island Pond
at #223 West Main St (US2)

at #242 Granby Rd off SR102

at #2060 River Rd

across from N jct of SR105 & SR114
1/18'/1983/Stringer

1/16'/1970/Stringer

1/16'/1990/Stringer

4/242'/2003/Howe & Stringer
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Franklin County      See Photos
Number/Town Stream/Bridge Name Directions Spans/lnth/year/type
45-06-b/St. Albans

45-06-f/Montgomery

45-06-g/Franklin

45-06-h/Montgomery

45-06-i/Franklin

45-06-j/Franklin

45-06-k/Franklin

45-06-l/Enosburg

45-06-m/Montgomery
brook/Wells

brook/Gallo

brook/Franklin Homestead

pond outlet/Blondin

brook/Un Pont de Columb

brook/Deux Pont de Columb

brook/Granger

brook/Pattees

pond outlet/Sylvester
2.3m E of jct of US7 at #287 SR36

3.7m E of SR118 on SR242

at Franklin Homestead Retirement Home off SR120 (Main St)

at #1973 West Hill Rd

at #2003 Morses Line Rd (SR235)

at #2003 Morses Line Rd (SR235)

at #5118 Hanna Rd

at #8681 Tyler Branch Rd

at #1449 West Hill Rd
1/17'/1968/Stringer

1/25'/1981/Stringer

1/16'/1993/Stringer

1/24'/1996/Stringer

1/24'/1999/Pratt

1/17'/2002/Stringer

1/16'/c 1970/Stringer

1/22'/1979/Stringer

1/12'/1999/Town
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Lamoille County      See Photos
Number/Town Stream/Bridge Name Directions Spans/lnth/year/type
45-08-a#2/Stowe

45-08-D/Stowe

45-08-e/Stowe

45-08-g/Stowe

45-08-I/Cambridge

45-08-j/Waterville

45-08-k/Waterville

45-08-L/Stowe

45-08-m/Stowe

45-08-n/Morristown

45-08-p/Belvidere
brook/Oullette

W br Waterbury R/Whitecaps

Waterbury R/Sidewalk

brook/Mountain Road Resort

Brewster River/Morses Mill

brook/Lynch and Burt

pond channel/Charlie's

drainage pipe/Gentle Giants Sleigh & Carriage Rides

stream/Golden Eagle Resort #2

Sterling Brook/Weltman

stream/Edwards
at #112 Stagecoach Road East side off SR 100 (1)

W of SR108 4.3m fm SR100 on Brook Rd

SR108 in Village

at #1007 SR108 at Resort

at Vermont Horse Park off SR108

next to Waterville Town Hall

at #1001 Lapland Rd

across from Topnotch at Stowe Resort and Spa

at #511 Mountain Rd (SR108)

at #2547 Sterling Valley Rd

at #6365 SR 109, south side
1/12'/?/stringer

1/54'/1970/Cement

2/147'/1973/Cement

1/15'/1975/Stringer

1/41'/1988/Stringer

1/12'/1992/Stringer

1/18'/1987/Stringer

1/33'/1999/post supported roof

1/12'/1999/Stringer

1/32'/1972/Stringer

1/15'/?/stringer
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Orange County      See Photos
Number/Town Stream/Bridge Name Directions Spans/lnth/year/type
45-9-a/Tunbridge

45-9-b/Newbury

45-9-c/Newnbury

45-9-d/Newbury

45-9-e/Newbury
pond channel/Braley's

brook/Roystan's

Round Pond Brook/Boch#1

Round Pond Brook/Boch#2

stream/Ballantine
at #144 Brocklebank Rd

at #2183 Wallace Hill Rd

East side of North Rd, driveway leading to 3 houses, bridge is behind 1st house on left.
directions same as for 09-c
at #2099 Scotch Hollow Road, south side, E of I-91
1/19'/1990/M King

1/21'/1995/Stringer

1/20'/1998/stringer

1/20'/2003/stringer

1/24'/?/king & stringer
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Orleans County      See Photos
Number/Town Stream/Bridge Name Directions Spans/lnth/year/type
45-10-a/Westfield

45-10-C/Barton

45-10-d/Lowell
pond outlet/English Rose Inn

Barton R/Auger Sugarmill

drainage ditch/Hidden Country
at #196 SR242, E of Montgomery

.25m W of exit 25 I-91 on SR16

at end of Pope Rd off SR100
1/14'/1973/Stringer

1/40'/1988/Stringer

1/32'/1988/Stringer
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Rutland County      See Photos
Number/Town Stream/Bridge Name Directions Spans/lnth/year/type
45-11-a/Killington

45-11-B#2/Pittsfield

45-11-c/Brandon

45-11-d/Mount Holly

45-11-e/Rutland
Roaring Brook/Pickle Barrel

S br Tweed River/Riverside Farm

Neshobe River/Neshobe Golf Club

brook/Borrelli

Cold Brook/Vermont Fairgrounds
on E side of Killington Rd 1.8m fm SR100

SR100 S 3.4m fm jct w SR107 to Tweed R Dr on left and bridge

at #224 Town Farm Rd N side of SR73

Off SR 155 .3m E of Belmont Rd

at Vermont State Fairgrounds on Park St
1/49'/1972/Stringer

1/50'/1976/Stringer

1/39'/1986/Stringer

1/16'/1986/Stringer

1/12'/c1970/Stringer
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Washington County      See Photos
Number/Town Stream/Bridge Name Directions Spans/lnth/year/type
45-12-A/Northfield

45-12-C#2/Calais

45-12-D/Fayston

45-12-E/Waterbury

45-12-f/Cabot


45-12-g/Calais

45-12-h/Calais
Stony Brook/Chamberlin

Curtis Brook/Kents Corner #2

Mill Brook/The Battleground

brook/Best Western

brook/Cabot Creamery [Taken down]


Curtis Brook/Floyd Fitch #2

brook/Rea
SR12A to Stoney Brk Rd 2.7m to Chamberlin Rd 0.7m to bridge on right

#757 Kent Hill Rd in Kent's Corner

off SR17 3.4m W of SR100

at #45 Blush Hill Rd near exit 10 of I-89

at #2870 Main St (SR215)


at #97 Kent Hill Rd in Maple Corner

at #418 Worcester Rd W of Maple Corner
1/21'/1956/Stringer

1/23'/1994/King

1/51'/1975/Stringer

3/50'/1962/Stringer

1/31'/1986/Stringer


1/12'/c1980/Stringer

1/12'/1990/Stringer
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Windham County      See Photos
Number/Town Stream/Bridge Name Directions Spans/lnth/year/type
45-13-A/Wilmington
45-13-b/Putney

45-13-c/Putney

45-13-D#2/Dover

45-13-E/Grafton

45-13-i/Wilmington

45-13-j/Brookline

45-13-k/Putney

45-13-L/Jamaica

45-13-m/Brattleboro

45-13-n/Dummerston

45-13-o/Brattleboro

45-13-P/Stratton

45-13-q/Marlboro

45-13-r/Rockingham

45-13-S/Dover

45-13-t/Townshend
Stowe Brook/High Mowing Farm

brook/Santa's Sweetheart

gully/Santa's Alpine Railroad

Blue Brook/Covered Bridge Lodge

S br Saxton's R/Cheddar

Bill Brook/Great American Recreation Cafe

Grassy Brook/Hayes[Taken Down]

brook/Santa's Swan

West River/Island Properties

brook/John Tyler Sherwin Memorial

ditch/Dummerston School

brook/Chase

snowmobile trail/Snow

stream/Johnny Esau

brook/Hitchcock-Cormier

Cold Brook/Hermitage Road

ditch/Kindle Farm School
1.2m from SR100 on Stowe Hill Rd to the bridge in field on right
W side US5, at Santa's Land

W side US5, at Santa's Land

at #150 Blue Brook Rd off SR100

at #533 Townshend Rd at Grafton Village Cheese Company

at corner of SR100 & Old Ark Rd N of SR9 & SR100 W jct

at #1370 Grassy Brook Rd N of village

W side of US5 at Santa's Land

2.2m W on SR30/SR100 from East Jamaica jct of SR30 & SR100 to gravel road on right & bridge

from SR9 go through Creamery Bridge to Park & bridge on right

W side of US5

at #816 Western Ave (SR9)

on Stratton Mtn on Snow Bridge Rd

at Marlboro Elementary School S side of SR9

Right side of Atcherson Hollow Rd down path 400 yards

Coldbrook Rd off SR100 (becomes Lower Handle Rd at town line) 2.9m to bridge on W side

SR30 in Townshend 1st house on left after Newfane town line
1/20'/1949/Town

1/30'/1957/Stringer

1/17'/1962/Stringer

1/37'/2010/Stringer

1/60'/1967/Stringer

1/32'/1977/Stringer

1/24'/1989/Stringer

1/19'/c1985/Stringer

1/60'/1989/Stringer

1/15'/1988/Stringer

1/12'/1994/Stringer

1/16'/1962/Stringer

1/62'/1998/Stringer

1/15'/2004/Town

1/16'/2008/Town

1/50'/2009/Stringer

1/17'/2006/Stringer
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Windsor County      See Photos
Number/Town Stream/Bridge Name Directions Spans/lnth/year/type
45-14-A/Hartford

45-14-b/Barnard

45-14-C/Woodstock

45-14-D/Barnard

45-14-e/Barnard

45-14-F/Reading

45-14-g/Reading
Ottauquechee River/Quechee

Gulf Stream/Noway Farm

Gulf Stream/Frank Lewis

Pond Brook/Seven Cedars Farm

Locust Creek/Spring Hill Farm

Mill Brook/Mill Brook

brook/Ledoux Hometown
In Queechee on Waterman Hill Rd off US4(1)

at #1412 SR12 N of Woodstock

across road from #1255 SR12

at #8136 SR12(2)

across road from #9671 SR12 in field

across road from #3066 SR106 N of SR44 jct

at Reading Elementary School
1/69'/1970/Cement

1/13'/1981/Stringer

1/40'/1982/Stringer

1/24'/1989/Stringer

1/45'/1995/Stringer

1/59'/2008/M King

1/15'/2008/Town
Red Text=Loss to Irene Flood
(1) Bridge still standing but closed due to approach road wash-out
(2) Bridge gone, but new uncovered bridge in its place
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Romantic Shelters
Copyright © National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges
Vermont section reprinted here by permission.

PREFACE

This is a guide for those who are seeking out the many newer, usually smaller, and non-authentic, but nevertheless very interesting covered bridges. These bridges, like those in the World Guide to Covered Bridges, are each given an Identifying code:
- The left two digits indicate the state (in Canada the Province)
- The middle two digits are for the county
- Finally, a letter is assigned to each bridge in a county
(in the World Guide, each bridge is assigned a single or two-digit number)
If a bridge will carry vehicles, a capital letter is used; a lower case letter denotes a foot bridge. If a letter is followed by a "#2", this is the second bridge built in the same location.

Many Romantic Shelters (as these bridges are called) have been built in the last Quarter century as entrances to businesses or developments or to create beauty spots in a yard or picnic area. Others provide a safe passage for the chl1dren to cross the stream between home and Grandma's house. St1ll others are put up for nostalgia - memories of the old wooden bridge by the swimming hole or "where I caught that big fish." Whatever the reason, these new covered bridges show an interest in preserving the memory of the old spans which all too soon may be forgotten. The efforts of the searchers of these bridges are to be commended. It is for YOU that the Guide of Romantic Shelters Is being put together. It is the first attempt to separate the new from the old and publish one just for you. - Preface from 1989 Edition

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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
aban ... abandoned fm ... from pk ... park
adm ... admission Fm ... Farm pri ... private
ave ... avenue fwy ... freeway r Queen ... Queenpost
blvd ... boulevard GC ... golf course R ... River/Right
bp ... bypass hwy ... highway rd ... road
br ... branch In ... inter res ... reservoir
brk ... brook jct ... junction rest/restr ... restaurant
btw ... between King ... Kingpost Rt ... route
c. ... circa L ... left RR ... railroad
CC ... county club lk ... lake S ... South
co/cty ... county ltl ... little SR ... State Route
conn ... connect m ... miles St ... street
cr ... creek M ... moved twn ... town
CR ... county road mid ... middle tr/trib ... tributary
dr ... drive MKing ... Multiple Kingpost twp ... township
E ... East mt/Mtn ... mountain vill ... village
ent/entr ... entrance N ... North W ... West
est ... estate opp ... opposite # ... number
ex ... exit out/outl ... outlet  
fk ... fork perm ... permission  
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Joe Nelson, P.O Box 267, Jericho, VT 05465-0267
This file composed 01/02/2010, revised 09/26/2012