River Road Covered Bridge

The River Road Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge, carrying Veilleux Road across the Missisquoi River in Troy, Vermont. Built in 1910, the Town lattice truss is the only surviving covered bridge in Troy from the historic period of covered bridge construction. It also exhibits some distinctive variations in construction from more typical Town lattices. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]

River Road Covered Bridge
LocationVeilleux Rd., Troy, Vermont
Coordinates44°57′21″N 72°23′39″W
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Architectural styleTown lattice truss
NRHP reference No.74000249[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 19, 1974

Description and history

The River Road Covered Bridge is located in a rural area of central Troy, near the eastern end of Veilleux Road. It spans the Missisquoi in a roughly east–west orientation, resting on abutments of stone and concrete. It is a single-span Town lattice truss, 94 feet (29 m) long and 14.5 feet (4.4 m) wide, with a roadway width of 12 feet (3.7 m) (one lane). It is covered by a metal roof, and its exterior is clad in vertical board siding, which extends around to the insides of the portals. The siding does not rise all the way to the roof, leaving an open strip between them. Unlike most Town lattice trusses, this one has three chords instead of four, and its joints are fastened with single pegs instead of doubled one.[2]

The bridge was built in 1910; its builder is unknown. It is the only covered bridge in Troy. In addition to its unusual truss construction, the bridge also has an unusually broad roof, and has exterior timber buttressing not usually found on covered bridges.[2]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Hugh Henry (1974). "NRHP nomination for River Road Covered Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-01-09. with photos from 1974
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