Northfield Falls Covered Bridge

Northfield Falls Covered Bridge
Carries	Automobile
Crosses	Dog River
Locale	Northfield, Vermont
Maintained by	Town of Northfield
ID number	VT-12-08
Design	Covered, Town lattice
Material	Wood
Total length	136.75 ft (41.68 m)
Width	16.1 ft (4.9 m)
Number of spans	1
Vertical clearance	12 ft (3.7 m)
Constructed by	unknown
Construction end	1872
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Coordinates:	44°10′21″N 72°39′04″W / 44.1725°N 72.65111°W / 44.1725; -72.65111Coordinates: 44°10′21″N 72°39′04″W / 44.1725°N 72.65111°W / 44.1725; -72.65111
NRHP Reference#:	74000263
Added to NRHP:	August 13, 1974[1]

The Northfield Falls Covered Bridge, also called the Station Covered Bridge,^[2] is a wooden covered bridge that crosses the Dog River in Northfield, Vermont on Cox Brook Road. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.^[1]

The bridge is of Town lattice truss design.

Recent history

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.^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Accessed June 1, 2011. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Northfield Falls Covered Bridge
3. ^ Evans, Benjamin and June. New England's Covered Bridges. University Press of New England, 2004. ISBN 1584653205