River Road Covered Bridge facts for kids
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River Road Covered Bridge
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 Location in Vermont
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| Location | Veilleux Rd., Troy, Vermont |
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| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Architectural style | Town lattice truss |
| NRHP reference No. | 74000249 |
| Added to NRHP | November 19, 1974 |
The River Road Covered Bridge was a historic covered bridge, carrying Veilleux Road across the Missisquoi River in Troy, Vermont. Built in 1910, the Town lattice truss was the only surviving covered bridge in Troy from the historic period of covered bridge construction when it burned on February 6, 2021. It also exhibited some distinctive variations in construction from more typical Town lattices. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
Description and history
The River Road Covered Bridge is located in a rural area of central Troy, near the eastern end of Veilleux Road. It spans the Missisquoi in a roughly east–west orientation, resting on abutments of stone and concrete. It is a single-span Town lattice truss, 94 feet (29 m) long and 14.5 feet (4.4 m) wide, with a roadway width of 12 feet (3.7 m) (one lane). It is covered by a metal roof, and its exterior is clad in vertical board siding, which extends around to the insides of the portals. The siding does not rise all the way to the roof, leaving an open strip between them. Unlike most Town lattice trusses, this one has three chords instead of four, and its joints are fastened with single pegs instead of doubled one.
The bridge was built in 1910; its builder is unknown. It is the only covered bridge in Troy. In addition to its unusual truss construction, the bridge also has an unusually broad roof, and has exterior timber buttressing not usually found on covered bridges.
