Station - 1872
The 1872 Northfield Falls Covered Bridge, also called the Station Covered Bridge, is a wooden covered bridge that carries Cox Brook Road across the Dog River in Northfield, Washington County, Vermont. This Town lattice truss bridge is one of five surviving covered bridges in the town, and one of two that are visible from each other (the other is the Lower Cox Brook Covered Bridge).
It is a single-span Town lattice truss, which has been reinforced by the introduction of a central pier. It is 1379 feet long and 19.5 feet wide, with a roadway width of 16 feet (one lane). It is covered by a metal gabled roof, and its exterior is sheathed in vertical board siding. The siding extends around a short way inside the portals to shelter the ends of the trusses, and extends upward only partway to the roof eave, leaving an open strip between them. The bridge rests on stone abutments faced with concrete. In 1963 the bridge deck was strengthened by the addition of 4 steel I-beams underneath. It has a posted weight limit of 8 tons.
Of the over 500 covered bridges that were built in the state of Vermont, as of 2019, only 104 remain.
Length of largest span: 64 ft.
Total length: 139.1 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on August 13, 1974.
Located at: N44 10.350 W72 39.092 - WGCB #45-12-08
Photographed in July of 2019.