Montgomery Covered Bridge
Waterville, VT
WGN Number: 45-08-14
Photo by Scott Wagner © 2006
The Montgomery Bridge stands in park-like surroundings that are especially attractive in the fall. Families come here to wade, swim, and picnic among the bedrock formations upstream of the bridge.
The Covered Spans of Yesteryear website provides a consise history of the bridge over the past fifty years: "The Montgomery bridge was named for the Dallas Montgomery farm. In early January 1969, snow drifted 5 feet deep on one side of the roof, and the bridge started to shift sideways. Wilmer Locke wrenched it back into shape and added knee braces and two traverse iron rods across the bridge's top. Then on August 11, 1971 an asphalt truck crashed through the floor the bridge. After the second incident, the bridge was reconstructed with an independent roadway, reinforced with four steel beams. The bridge was renovated in 1996 to replace all siding and the roof support posts as well as roof beams and knee braces inside the portals. In 1997 the concrete at the entrance was repaired.".
Our thanks to the Town of Waterville for allowing the posting of the Vermont Covered Bridge Society Welcome patch. For more information about the Waterville area visit their website at www.watervillevt.org.
Montgomery Covered Bridge Vital Statistics
| Town: | Waterville |
| Location: | Montgomery Road |
| Crossing: | North Branch of the Lamoille River |
| Date: | 1887 |
| Builder: | Unknown |
| Truss Type: | Queenpost |
| Truss Length: | 70 feet 6 inches |
| Other Names: | Lower / Potter |
| National Register of Historical Places Listing Date: | October 18, 1974 |
Credits: All pictures, information and descriptions are taken from Spanning Time Vermont's Covered Bridges by Joseph C. Nelson ©1997 and the World Guide to Covered Bridges - 2009 unless otherwise specified.
