About
The Henry Covered Bridge, also called the Burt Henry Covered Bridge, carries River Road over the Walloomsac River southwest of North Bennington, about half a mile west of Vermont Route 67A. It is a single-span Town lattice truss bridge 121 feet long and 18.5 feet wide, with a 15-foot roadway. It is open to one lane of vehicle traffic.
History
The original bridge dates to about 1840, and some estimates place it in the 1830s. Its trusses were at one time doubled to carry heavy trucks. In 1989 the Vermont Agency of Transportation completely rebuilt it as a replica; the Vermont Covered Bridge Society says none of the original timbers were reused and the double truss was not copied. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. On July 28, 2025, a box truck struck the bridge and damaged an upper tie rod, lateral brace and siding. Town officials deemed it safe for motorists at its current weight limits, and it stayed open.
Design
The Town lattice truss uses a web of crisscrossed planks to spread the load across many members. The 1989 replica did not copy the doubled trusses that had been added to the original.
Visiting
The bridge is on River Road near its junction with Murphy Road and Ore Bed Road. It is open to vehicles, with a posted height limit of 10 ft 6 in.
Sources: Burt Henry Covered Bridge (Wikipedia), Henry Covered Bridge (Vermont Covered Bridge Society), Bennington Banner, Henry Bridge damage
Photo: John Hoey from Framingham, MA, United States, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Location
River Road, Bennington, VermontSimilar Bridges in category
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