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:  Silk Road Bridge Crosses:  Waloomsac River Bridge Traffic:  Vehicular Truss Type:  Town Lattice Year Built:  1840 Builder:  Benjamin Sears Structure Characteristics:  Length:  92'-0" Width: 14'-3" Lanes: 1 Posted Load: 8 Tons Posted Vertical Clearance: Unknown World Guide No.: 45-02-04 National Register of Historic Places Date: Unknown

Description
The Silk Covered bridge is a 88 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 Henry Bridge. This bridge carries Silk Road and was built in 1840.

Photography
Photographs from road easy, Photos from stream difficult when leaves are on trees.

Parking
Parking in pulloffs on north side of bridge.

Truss

Town Lattice Trusss

Location Map

Location

From US7 north 1.2 miles from junction with VT9 in Bennington, northwest on VT7A 0.8 miles, continue northwest on VT67A and west 1.0 miles, south on Silk Rd. (opposite Bennington College) 0.2 miles to the bridge. The bridge is located in North Bennington in Bennington County.