🌉 Vermont covered bridge
🌉 Paper Mill Village Covered Bridge
Bennington, VT · built 1889
Photo: Doug Kerr via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)Built in 1889 by Charles F. Sears next to a former paper mill site dating to the 1790s, this is the longest covered bridge in Bennington County. It is one of three Town lattice bridges on the Walloomsac within about two miles in Bennington. Extensive repairs were made in 1952, and after a 1990s inspection found rot from a leaking roof it was rebuilt in 2000.
🏘️ Town: Bennington, VT (Bennington County)
🗓️ Year built: 1889
🔨 Builder: Charles F. Sears
🌉 Truss type: Town lattice
📏 Length: 131 ft
🌊 Crosses: Walloomsac River
🛣️ Road carried: Murphy Road
🏛️ National Register: Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
📜 Dating notes: Rebuilt in 2000 after deterioration and roof damage; NRHP listing retained after review.
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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.