About
The Kingsbury Covered Bridge, also called the Hyde Covered Bridge, carries Kingsbury Road over the Second Branch of the White River in southernmost Randolph, just west of Vermont Route 14. It is a single-span multiple kingpost truss with trusses about 51 feet long, built in 1904, and it carries one lane of vehicle traffic on a lightly traveled local road.
History
The builder is not known. Built in 1904, it is the youngest of Vermont's historic covered bridges; no new covered bridges were built in the state until the 1960s. It was restored in 1980 but closed shortly afterward because of ice damage. A 1994 reconstruction replaced parts of the top and bottom chords, several vertical truss members and some bracing, and another restoration was completed in 2009. The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 30, 1974.
Design
A multiple kingpost truss is a row of vertical posts with diagonal braces leaning toward the center of the span. The trusses rest on stone abutments. The exterior has vertical board siding and a metal roof, the side walls have no windows, and the portal ends and interior are also boarded.
Visiting
The bridge is on Kingsbury Road, just west of VT 14. It is open to vehicles as a one-lane crossing.
Sources: Kingsbury Covered Bridge (Wikipedia), Kingsbury Covered Bridge (coveredbridges.net)
Location
Kingsbury Road, Randolph, VermontSimilar Bridges in category
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