About
The Stony Brook Covered Bridge carries Stony Brook Road over Stony Brook in rural southern Northfield. It is a single-span kingpost truss bridge, about 37 feet long, built in 1899. It is also known as the Moseley Covered Bridge, after its builder. It carries one lane of vehicle traffic and is maintained by the Town of Northfield.
History
John Moseley built the bridge in 1899. In 1971 five steel I-beams were added beneath the deck to strengthen it, and in 1990 the original granite abutments were faced with concrete. The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 20, 1974.
Design
The kingpost truss uses a single vertical post at the center of each truss, braced by diagonals. Stony Brook is one of two surviving 19th-century kingpost truss covered bridges in Vermont; the other is the Pine Brook Covered Bridge in Waitsfield. The bridge is 19 feet wide overall with a 16-foot, one-lane roadway, and it has a gabled roof.
Visiting
The bridge is on Stony Brook Road in southern Northfield and is open to one lane of vehicle traffic.
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