Pine Brook Covered Bridge
Waitsfield, VT
WGN Number: 45-12-12
Photo by Scott Wagner © 2006
There were once hundreds of small kingpost spans like the Pine Brook Bridge. In Vermont, all but four have been replaced with culverts and concrete bridges.
The Covered Spans of Yesteryear website details the work that has been done over the past 40 years. The bridge was restored in 1977 by Milton Graton. After much debate, Mr. Graton installed "steel I-beams 1/2 inch below below the bridge" to assure that the bridge would remain safe but "historic". The deck was also "raised...to keep the deck system dry".
In 1989 the bridge had new "roof planks and the floor was re-decked". Further work in 2001 included "new roof boards and a standing-seam steel roof".
A final note mentions an issue with the kingpost. Due to cracking caused by a "spiral grain", the member is now "secured with a metal clamp".
The full details are available here courtesy of the Covered Spans of Yesteryear website: Pine Brook or Wilder Covered Bridge.
Pine Brook Covered Bridge Vital Statistics
| Town: | Waitsfield |
| Location: | North Road |
| Crossing: | Pine Brook |
| Date: | 1872 |
| Builder: | Unknown |
| Truss Type: | Kingpost |
| Truss Length: | 48 feet |
| Other Names: | Wilder |
| National Register of Historical Places Listing Date: | June 13, 1974 |
| Date Renovated: | 1977/1989/2001 |
| Renovation Contractor: | Milton Graton Ashland, New Hampshire - 1977 |
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.
