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Pine Brook Covered Bridge
Bridge in U.S. state of Vermont
Coordinates	44°12′22″N 72°47′31″W / 44.206°N 72.792°W / 44.206; -72.792
Carries	North Road
Crosses	Pine Brook
Locale	Waitsfield, Vermont
Maintained by	Town of Waitsfield
ID number	VT-12-12
Characteristics
Design	Covered, King post
Material	Wood
Total length	48.5 ft (14.78 m)
Width	14.1 ft (4.30 m)
No. of spans	1
Load limit	5 tons
Clearance above	8.75 ft (2.67 m)
History
Constructed by	unknown
Construction end	1872 (1872)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
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Coordinates	44°12′21″N 72°47′31″W / 44.20583°N 72.79194°W / 44.20583; -72.79194
Area	1 acre (0.4 ha)
Part of	Mad River Valley Rural Historic District (ID94000836)
NRHP reference No.	74000264
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 13, 1974
Designated CP	August 5, 1994

The Pine Brook Covered Bridge, also called the Wilder Covered Bridge, is a wooden covered bridge that crosses Pine Brook in Waitsfield, Vermont on North Road. Built in 1872, it is one two surviving 19th-century covered bridges in the town. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Description and history

The Pine Brook Bridge stands in a rural area of northern Waitsfield, carrying North Road, a principal road in the area, across Pine Brook, a tributary of the Mad River to the west. It consists of two king post trusses, and is 48 feet (15 m) long and 17.5 feet (5.3 m) wide, with a roadway width of 14.5 feet (4.4 m) (one lane). It rests on stone abutments faced in concrete, and its wooden bridge deck is supported by steel I-beams. Its exterior is clad in vertical board siding, which extends a short way inside the portals. The roof is standing seam metal.

The bridge was built in 1872. It is one of only two historic covered bridges (the other being the Stony Brook Covered Bridge) left in the state with the king post design, and one of only two in the town (the other being the Great Eddy Covered Bridge). In 1976 repairs were made to the then dilapidating structure. Concrete caps were added to the abutments and steel I-beams were added just below the deck, so that only an overload condition would require the additional support of the beams. The trusses also received attention. In 1989 the deck was replaced.

See also

• List of covered bridges in Vermont
• List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Vermont
• List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Vermont
• Engineering portal
• Transport portal

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pine Brook Covered Bridge
3. Henry, Hugh (1974). "NRHP nomination for Pine Brook Covered Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved November 9, 2016. with photos from 1974
4. Evans, Benjamin; Evans, June (2004). New England's Covered Bridges. University Press of New England. ISBN 1-58465-320-5.

External links

• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. VT-37, "Pine Brook Bridge, Spanning Pine Brook on Town Highway 3, Fayston, Washington County, VT", 8 photos, 7 measured drawings, 12 data pages, 1 photo caption page

v t e National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Vermont
National Historic Landmark	Socialist Labor Party Hall Vermont State House
Districts	Barre Downtown Historic District Beck and Beck Granite Shed Currier Park Historic District East Calais Historic District Goddard College Greatwood Campus Kents Corner Historic District Mad River Glen Ski Area Historic District ‡ Mad River Valley Rural Historic District McLaughlin Farm Mill Village Historic District Montpelier Historic District North Calais Village Historic District Plainfield Village Historic District Roxbury Fish Hatchery Vermont State Hospital Historic District Waitsfield Common Historic District Waitsfield Village Historic District Warren Village Historic District Waterbury Village Historic District
Buildings	Aldrich Public Library Allenwood Farm Athenwood and the Thomas W. Wood Studio Barre City Hall and Opera House Central Vermont Railway Depot Colby Mansion College Hall Parley Davis House East Village Meetinghouse Gale-Bancroft House Green Mountain Seminary Italian Baptist Church Jones Brothers Granite Shed Jones–Pestle Farmstead Joslin Farm Lareau Farmstead Chauncey B. Leonard House Martin Covered Bridge Mayo Building National Clothespin Factory Nichols House Old Red Mill Old West Church Reynolds House Scampini Block E. L. Smith Roundhouse Granite Shed Joshua Twing Gristmill Union Co-operative Store Bakery Union Meetinghouse Waterbury Center Methodist Church Wheelock Law Office Theodore Wood House Woodbury Graded School Woodbury Town Hall Worcester Town Hall Worcester Village School
Structures	Bridge 31 Bridge No. 27 Center Road Culvert Coburn Covered Bridge Great Eddy Covered Bridge Lower Cox Brook Covered Bridge Middlesex–Winooski River Bridge Northfield Falls Covered Bridge Pine Brook Covered Bridge Slaughter House Covered Bridge Stony Brook Covered Bridge Upper Cox Brook Covered Bridge Warren Covered Bridge
Footnotes	‡ This historic property also has portions in an adjacent county.
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Vermont and List of National Historic Landmarks in Vermont

• Buildings and structures in Waitsfield, Vermont
• Bridges completed in 1872
• Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont
• King post truss bridges in the United States
• Wooden bridges in Vermont
• Covered bridges in Washington County, Vermont
• Historic American Engineering Record in Vermont
• National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Vermont
• Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont
• Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Vermont
• 1872 establishments in Vermont