🌉 Bowers Covered Bridge
West Windsor, VT · built 1919
Photo: Djmaschek via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)Built in 1919, the Bowers or Brownsville bridge is one of only a few Vermont bridges using laminated tied-arch construction, with a post-and-beam shed protecting the arches. Tropical Storm Irene lifted it off its abutments in August 2011 and carried it roughly 500 feet downstream onto a lawn; its arches and floor were found intact enough to form the core of a rebuilt bridge, which was set on raised new abutments and reopened in 2012. It has since been struck several times by oversized vehicles, and the town has considered closing it.
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Bridge facts compiled from the National Register of Historic Places, the Vermont Covered Bridge Society and town histories. Map pin is approximate.