Kidder Covered Bridge
Description and history
The Kidder Covered Bridge is located about 0.3 miles (0.48 km) south of the center of Grafton Village, on Kidder Hill Road. It is a single-span queenspost truss structure, with a total length of 66 feet (20 m) and a total width of 15 feet (4.6 m), with a roadway 12 feet (3.7 m) wide. It rests on abutments of stone that have been reinforced with concrete. The bridge is oriented at a skew to the river bed, with its trusses forming a parallelogram, 15° off rectangular. The exterior of the trusses is sheathed in vertical board siding, and it is covered by a metal roof. The siding is extended to the portals and gables, and a short way into the portal.
The original covered bridge was constructed circa 1870, and was the town's last 19th-century bridge until it was rebuilt in 1995. It is the county's only example of a queenspost truss bridge, and is one of a handful of covered bridges in the state built with a skew.
The bridge was replaced with a new wooden (covered) structure in April 1995.
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Windham County, Vermont
- List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont
- List of Vermont covered bridges
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Kidder Covered Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved December 9, 2015.