Bridge Statistics

Region:  Southern County:  Bennington Town:  Bennington Locality:  North Bennington Position - Lat:  Lon:  N 42 54.738 W 73 15.271 Owner:  Town Bridge Carries:  River Road Bridge Crosses:  Waloomsac River Bridge Traffic:  Vehicular Truss Type:  Town Lattice Year Built:  1840c Rebuilt 1989 Builder:  Unknown Structure Characteristics:  Length:  127'-0" Width: 14'-4" Lanes: 1 Posted Load: 8 Tons Posted Vertical Clearance: Unknown World Guide No.: 45-02-02 National Register of Historic Places Date: Unknown

Description

The Henry or Burt Covered Bridge is a 127 foot town lattice truss. It crosses the Waloomsac River in West Bennington Vermont. This bridge is a short distance from newly rebuilt Paper Mill Bridge and the Silk Bridge. Between 1840 and 1989 the bridge had 2 sets of town lattice trusses to handle the weight of heavy loads of pig iron carried across the bridge, drawn by several yokes of oxen. This made the Henry bridge the strongest covered bridge in Vermont. The materials used reconstruction of the bridge in 1989 was southern pine with ash tree nails not the usual spruce and oak.

Photography
Easy to photograph from many angles, except north portal where a home is close to the bridge.

Parking
Parking along Murphy Road across from Bed and Breakfast.

Truss

Town Lattice Trusss

Location Map

Location

SSW of North Bennington, Bennington Township. VT67A south 1.2 miles from junctioon with VT67 in North Bennington, west on River Rd. 0.5 miles, south. on River Road. 150' to the bridge. The bridge is located in North Bennington in Bennington County.