The 1897 East Shoreham Covered Railroad Bridge is a historic covered bridge spanning the Lemon Fair River near East Shoreham, Addison County, Vermont. Built by the Rutland Railroad Company, it is the state's only surviving example of a wooden Howe truss railroad bridge. 

East Shoreham Bridge is located about 0.2 miles west of the Shoreham-Depot Road and is accessible on foot via the former railroad right-of-way, now (along with the bridge) a state-owned property.

It is a single-span Howe truss structure, 109 feet in length, and set on dry-laid stone abutments faced in concrete. The trusses consist of wooden diagonals and iron rod verticals. The bridge has a total width of 20 feet and an internal width of 13.5 feet. The railroad tracks, which have been removed, were originally laid directly on the deck timbers. The bridge's exterior consists of vertical board siding covered by a metal roof.

The bridge was built by the Rutland Railroad Company for service on its Addison Branch line. Because of the line's relatively light traffic, it was not judged necessary to go to the expense of building an iron bridge, resulting in the construction of one of the state's few surviving 19th-century covered railroad bridges. It remained in service until 1951 when the line was abandoned. The state acquired the bridge and surrounding land in 1972.

The bridge was renovated in 1983 with new siding and a new roof. The bridge is owned by the State of Vermont Division for Historic Preservation.

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

Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 13, 1974.

Located at:  N43 51.559    W73 15.348     -     WGCB #45-01-05

Photographed in July of 2019.