The 1887 Cambridge Junction Covered Bridge, also known as the Junction Covered Bridge or the Poland Covered Bridge, is a covered bridge that carries Cambridge Junction Road across the Lamoille River off State Route 15 in Cambridge, Vermont.

Cambridge Junction Bridge is of Burr arch design, built by George W. Holmes in 1887.  The bridge was named for a local official, Judge Poland, and was a controversial issue in 1888:

"Judge Poland has caused the Town of Cambridge to be inflicted with a bridge and a road at an expense of from $6,000-$10,000 which as shown will be of no material benefit to anyone but himself. It will be known in the future as “Poland’s Bridge” except to the taxpayers of Cambridge who will christen it “The Bridge of Sighs.” " –News & Citizen, 1888. Poland did not live to use the bridge, dying in his hayfield the following July.

The Cambridge Junction Covered Bridge is located a short way east of the village of Jeffersonville and is oriented roughly north-south across the west-flowing Lamoille River, on Cambridge Junction Road. The bridge is 152.5 feet long and 19.5 feet wide, with a roadway width of 15.5 feet (one lane). It is supported by flanking Burr trusses, which include laminated arches embedded in the truss structure. The deck is further supported by a laminated beam that has been bolted to its underside. The bridge rests on stone abutments that have been capped in concrete. The exterior is clad in vertical board siding, which extends around to the insides of the portals. On the sides, the siding ends short of the roof, following the curve of the truss arches at the center.

Deterioration over time introduced a lean to the bridge, but in 1995 a vehicle struck one of the king posts which straightened out the lean but caused the support system to start failing. Reconstruction on the bridge began in 2003 by Alpine Construction and it was reopened on July 4, 2004. The project was supported by the National Historic Bridge Program which provided $1 million to preserve the bridge. The bridge now has short "tire rails" on each side of the traveled lane to prevent vehicles from striking the sides again. At the last visit, it appears they are working, as they show evidence of having been struck.

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

Length of largest span: 146 ft.
Total length: 154.9 ft.
Deck width: 9.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 8.8 ft.

Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on October 9, 1974.

Located at:  N44 39.066    W72 48.876      -      WGCB #45-08-02

Photographed in July of 2019.