🌉 Vermont covered bridge
🌉 Robbins Nest Covered Bridge
Barre, VT · built 1962
Photo: Steven Bergeron via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)Homeowner Robert R. Robbins built this queen post bridge in 1962 as the driveway crossing to his house above the Jail Branch, and it is named for his family. Though not a historic structure, it was built in authentic covered-bridge design as a tribute to the old bridge that stood about a hundred feet downstream until the Flood of 1927 swept it away. Later owners added steel beams beneath the deck in 1990 after the bridge began to feel unstable. It remains private and closed to the public.
🏘️ Town: Barre, VT (Washington County)
🗓️ Year built: 1962
🔨 Builder: Robert R. Robbins
🌉 Truss type: Queen post
📏 Length: 57 ft
🌊 Crosses: Jail Branch of Winooski River
🛣️ Road carried: private drive
🏛️ National Register: Not listed
📜 Dating notes: Built in 1962 with its siding finished in 1964; the 1864 date in some bridge lists appears to be an error. It is a replica of an earlier covered bridge just downstream that was destroyed in the Vermont flood of 1927.
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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.