🌉 Gifford Covered Bridge
Randolph, VT · built 1904
Photo: Steven Bergeron via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)Also called the C.K. Smith Bridge, the Gifford Bridge is one of only two Vermont covered bridges whose kingpost truss rises only half the height of the bridge, because it was most likely built uncovered with its trusses boxed in planking and only later, around 1904, given its covered post-and-beam shell. Around 1955 its deck was reinforced with steel I-beams in an unusual arrangement above and below the roadway. Extensive repairs in 2001 included raising the bridge to keep floodwater off the deck, though a low 3-ton weight limit remains. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 30, 1974.
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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.