Victorian Village - 1870
The 1870 Victorian Village Covered Bridge was originally known as the Depot Covered Bridge, built by Sanford Grangers. The bridge was dismantled in 1959 and moved and rebuilt in 1967 in Windham County, using some timbers from other bridges.
Vrest Orton, the founder of Vermont Country Store, and also the chairman of Vermont's Historic Sites Commission, arranged for the bridge to be rebuilt at the edge of the parking lot at his store in Rockingham. And in a salute to commercialism, there is now a large sign on the front of the bridge saying "Vermont Country Store Kissing Bridge". The bridge now crosses a drainage ditch. The 160-foot span uses a modified and later changed kingpost design. Most of the beams are still numbered from the move and reconstruction.
The bridge was 159' 6" in length with a span of 46 feet. Its width is 14' 9" and has a posted load limit of 3 tons. During reconstruction, it was shortened to 44 feet.
Of the over 500 covered bridges that were built in the state of Vermont, as of 2019, only 104 remain.
Located at: N43 11.813 W72 30.251 - WGCB #45-13-23
Photographed in July of 2019.