Warren Covered Bridge
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Warren Covered Bridge | |
|---|---|
 The bridge seen in 2011 | |
| Coordinates | 44°06′40″N 72°51′25″W / 44.111°N 72.857°W |
| Carries | Automobile |
| Crosses | Mad River |
| Locale | Warren, Vermont |
| Maintained by | Town of Warren |
| ID number | VT-12-15 |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Covered, queen post |
| Material | Wood |
| Total length | 57.5 ft (17.53 m) |
| Width | 13.8 ft (4.21 m) |
| No. of spans | 1 |
| Load limit | 8 tons |
| Clearance above | 10 ft (3.05 m) |
| History | |
| Constructed by | Walter Bagley |
| Construction end | 1880 |
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| Coordinates | 44°06′40″N 72°51′25″W / 44.11111°N 72.85694°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.4 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 74000269[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 7, 1974 |
The Warren Covered Bridge is a wooden covered bridge that crosses the Mad River in Warren, Vermont on Covered Bridge Road. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]
The bridge is of queen post truss design. A sign on the bridge also identifies it as the Lincoln Gap covered bridge, despite no official reference to that name. A unique oddity with this bridge is the fact that the eastern portal extends further over the approaching roadway than the western, according to a sign posted in the bridge by the Vermont Festival of the Arts. This trusses on this bridge are covered not only on the outside, but on the inside as well... one of only two bridges left in the state with similar construction (the other being the School House Covered Bridge).
