🌉 Great Eddy Covered Bridge
Waitsfield, VT · built 1833
Photo: Steven Bergeron via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)Also called the Big Eddy or Waitsfield Village Bridge, the Great Eddy was built in 1833 and is Vermont's oldest covered bridge still in regular use; only Middlebury's Pulp Mill Bridge is claimed to be older. Its single span is the longest clear span of any Burr arch bridge in Vermont, and it takes its name from the eddy formed where the Mad River runs over a bedrock outcrop below the bridge, now a popular swimming hole. A pedestrian walkway that had been removed was restored during extensive repairs in 1973, when much of the deck and bracing was renewed. The bridge weathered Tropical Storm Irene's 2011 flooding and still carries Bridge Street traffic in the center of Waitsfield village.
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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.