The 1849 Quinlan's Covered Bridge, also known as the Lower Covered Bridge and the Sherman Covered Bridge, is a wooden covered bridge that spans Lewis Creek in Charlotte, Chittenden County, Vermont, and is one of nine 19th-century Burr arch covered bridges in the state.

Quinlan's Covered Bridge is a single-span, multi-kingpost and Burr arch truss, 86 feet long and 16.5 feet wide, with a roadway width of 13.5 feet. Each truss has, in addition to diagonal braces and vertical posts, a pair of timber arches bolted to it. It has a gabled roof, and its exterior is clad in vertical board siding, which extends around to the inside of the portals. It rests on stone abutments faced in concrete.

The builder is unknown, but most likely the same builder as the Sequin Covered Bridge upstream. The name "Lower Bridge" was because it is downstream of the Sequin (or "Upper") bridge. This is common in Vermont, where multiple bridges cross the same body of water in the same town. The name "Quinlan" is attributed to the family of the same name that held land in the area. The name "Sherman" comes from the owner of a sawmill that was located adjacent to the bridge site.

In 1949 or 1950, steel beams were installed under the deck to strengthen it. The bridge underwent reconstruction in 2013.

Of the over 500 covered bridges that were built in the state of Vermont, as of 2019, only 104 remain.

Length of largest span:  80.1 feet
Total length:  87.9 feet
Deck width:  12.8 feet
Vertical clearance above deck:  9.0 feet

Quinlan's Bridge was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on September 10, 1974.

Located at:  N44 16.58   W73 11.03        -        WGCB #45-04-03

Photographed in July of 2019

Photos by Millard Farmer