The 1840 Sanderson Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge that carries Pearl Street over Otter Creek in Brandon, Rutland County, Vermont. Sanderson is one of Vermont's oldest covered bridges and is the only remaining 19th-century bridge in Brandon.

Sanderson Bridge is a single-span Town lattice truss and rests on abutments built out of marble slabs reinforced with concrete, with a roadway width of 18 feet. The exterior is finished in vertical board siding, and its portals are framed by crude pilasters. The road deck is wooden, and laminated beams have been attached to the underside of the structure for added strength. The bridge was rehabilitated in 2003.

This 1840 bridge was one of two surviving covered bridges in Brandon.  The Dean Covered Bridge, Brandon's other 19th-century covered bridge, was destroyed by an arsonist in 1986.

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

Length of largest span:  116.1 feet
Total length:  121.1 feet
Deck width:  12.1 feet
Vertical clearance above deck:  9.6 feet

Sanderson was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

Located at:  N43 47.376   W73 06.702        -        WGCB #45-11-02 #2

Photographed in July of 2019

Photos by Millard Farmer