Carries Cox Brook Road Locale Northfield, Vermont ID number VT-12-08 Opened 1872 Area 4,047 m² Body of water Dog River | Crosses Dog River Maintained by Town of Northfield Design Covered, town lattice Total length 42 m Location Northfield | |
 | ||
Address Cox Brook Rd, Northfield, VT 05663, USA Bridge type Covered bridge, Lattice truss bridge Similar Covered bridge, Slaughterhouse Covered Bridge, Upper Cox Brook Covered, Lower Cox Brook Covered, Stony Brook Covered | ||
Northfield falls covered bridge 3 june 23 2016 travels with phil
The Northfield Falls Covered Bridge, also called the Station Covered Bridge, is a wooden covered bridge that carries Cox Brook Road across the Dog River in Northfield, Vermont. Built in 1872, this Town lattice truss bridge is one of five surviving covered bridges in the town, and one of two that are visible from each other (the other is the Lower Cox Brook Covered Bridge). It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
Contents
Northfield falls covered bridge 2 june 23 2016 travels with phil
Description and history
The Northfield Falls Covered Bridge is located in the village of Northfield Falls of northern Northfield, a short way west of Vermont Route 12 on Cox Brook Road. It spans the Dog River in an east-west orientation, and is located just a few hundred feet east of the Lower Cox Brook Covered Bridge, which spans the eponymous brook. It is a single-span Town lattice truss, which has been reinforced by the introduction of a central pier. It is 137 feet (42 m) long and 19.5 feet (5.9 m) wide, with a roadway width of 16 feet (4.9 m) (one lane). It is covered by a metal gabled roof, and its exterior is sheathed in vertical board siding. The siding extends around a short way inside the portals to shelter the ends of the trusses, and extends upward only partway to the roof eave, leaving an open strip between them. The bridge rests on stone abutments faced in concrete.
The bridge was built in 1872; its designed is unknown. It is one of five surviving bridges in the community, three of which are found on Cox Brook Road in the span of 0.25 miles (0.40 km). In 1963 the bridge deck was strengthened by the addition of 4 steel I-beams underneath, and the unmortared stone abutments were faced with concrete.