Depot Covered Bridge, Pittsford Vermont
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- Covered Bridges
- Town Lattice Truss
The Depot Covered Bridge is one of four wood bridges which survive in the town of Pittsford. Structurally the bridge remains nearly in original condition, having none of the various means of reinforcement which have been added to most of the covered bridges in Vermont.
The covered bridges of Vermont are among its most cherished and symbolic historic resources. About one hundred bridges still stand in the state, the greatest concentration by area of covered bridges in the country.
Bridge Description
The Depot Covered Bridge consists of a single span supported by two flanking timber Town lattice trusses. The superstructure, lacking reinforcement, leans somewhat southward. The abutments are built of stone slabs without mortar; they have been overlaid with concrete caps. The bridge measures 121 feet along the bottom of the trusses. The upper ends of the trusses extend outward so that the gable ends overhang the roadway six feet at each portal. The bridge is 22 feet wide, with an 18-foot roadway.
On the exterior, the large planks are pegged together diagonally to form the trusses, and the side walls of the bridge are sheathed with flush boards hung vertically. Similar siding protects the ends of the trusses immediately inside the portals. There are no windows or openings in the side walls. The gable ends are also sheathed with flush vertical boards. The gable roof is covered with slate shingles.
Looking east (1973)
