The 1840 Downers Covered Bridge, also known as the Upper Falls Covered Bridge spans the Black River, carrying Upper Falls Road just south of Vermont Route 131 in western Weathersfield in Windsor County, Vermont. The Town lattice truss bridge was built in 1840 and rebuilt in 2008. Its gable ends are distinctive for their Greek Revival styling.

The bridge is located in a rural area of western Weathersfield, south of Vermont 131 on Upper Falls Road. It is a single-span Town lattice truss structure, set on one modern concrete abutment, and another of dry-laid stone that has been faced in concrete. It is 120 feet long with a gabled overhang of 4 feet at each end and is 18.5 feet wide with a roadway width of 15 feet (one lane). The sides of the bridge are clad in vertical board siding. Square window holes are cut into each side of the exterior. The bridge is covered by a metal roof. The gable ends of the portals are finished in horizontally laid boards, with partial gable returns and a triangular line of molding, a nod to Greek Revival architecture popular at the time of its construction.

The bridge was built by James Tasker of Claremont, New Hampshire. It is distinctive among Vermont's many surviving covered bridges for the Greek Revival elements of its gables, and for the remarkably good condition of the surviving stone abutment, which has precisely laid stonework. It underwent a complete reconstruction in 2008.

The bridge was extensively restored from 1975 - 1976, rebuilding the trusses, raising the bridge 2.5 feet so water could not flow in and damage the timbers, and reframing the floor system with heavier timbers.

More recently, the bridge was closed for renovation in the summer of 2007. The renovation work involved receiving new chords, floor system, roof, and siding was done by Wright Construction of Mt. Holly, Vermont. Work on the abutments was scheduled for the spring of 2008.

Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on August 28, 1973.

Located at:  N43 52.979    W72 30.235     -     WGCB #45-14-08

Photographed in May of 2022