Stoughton/ Titcomb Covered Bridge

About

The Stoughton Covered Bridge, often called the Titcomb Bridge, stands on farmland in Perkinsville, a village in Weathersfield, off Vermont Route 106. It crosses Schoolhouse Brook at the back of a meadow fronting a farm woodlot and carries a foot trail. The multiple kingpost truss bridge has a truss length of 48 feet and dates to 1880. It is on private property.

History

The Vermont Covered Bridge Society credits James Tasker as the builder, while Covered Spans of Yesteryear names Henry Tasker. The bridge was saved from the Weathersfield and Springfield flood control project, which required removing it from the North Springfield Dam flood control basin. In September 1959 it was moved from the North Branch to a gully on the farm of Andrew Titcomb, an architect who worked on its restoration. Moving and restoration work was shared by Milton Graton and Associates of Ashland, New Hampshire, and local builder Neil Daniels. As of June 2022, saplings and the surrounding woods were closing in around it.

Design

The bridge uses a multiple kingpost truss, a series of vertical posts with diagonal braces between them.

Visiting

The bridge is on private farmland in Perkinsville and does not carry a public road.

Sources: Stoughton Covered Bridge (Vermont Covered Bridge Society), Stoughton Covered Bridge (Covered Spans of Yesteryear), List of covered bridges in Vermont (Wikipedia)