List of covered bridges in Massachusetts

Below is a list of covered bridges in Massachusetts. As of 2003, there were twelve authentic covered bridges in the U.S. state of Massachusetts of which seven are historic.[1]:60 A covered bridge is considered authentic not due to its age, but by its construction. An authentic bridge is constructed using trusses rather than other methods such as stringers, a popular choice for non-authentic covered bridges.

List
Name Image County Location Built Length Crosses Ownership Truss Notes
Bissell Bridge[2] Franklin Charlemont
42°37′57″N 72°52′10″W		 1951, rebuilt 2009 94 feet (29 m) Mill Brook Town of Charlemont Long through
Burkeville Covered Bridge[2] Franklin Conway
42°29′1″N 72°42′44″W		 1870-1871, rebuilt 1999 106 feet (32 m) South River (Deerfield River tributary) Town of Conway Multiple kingrod Also called Conway Covered Bridge
Creamery Bridge[1]:68–69 Franklin Ashfield
42°31′11″N 72°48′3″W		 1985 40 feet (12 m) Creamery Brook Private Queen
Dummerston/Vermont Bridge[1]:77–78 Worcester Sturbridge
42°6′30″N 72°5′55″W		 1951 55 feet (17 m) Arm of Quinebaug River Old Sturbridge Village Town Also called Taft Bridge; located in Dummerston, Vermont prior to 1951
Goodrich Bridge[1]:72–73 Hampden Westfield
42°7′22″N 72°47′10″W		 1965 40 feet (12 m) Pond Stanley Park Town
Grays Sugarhouse Bridge[1]:69–70 Franklin Ashfield
42°32′43″N 72°46′50″W		 1994 20 feet (6.1 m) Tributary of Bear River Private King
Green River Pumping Station Bridge[1]:71–72 Franklin Greenfield
42°38′47″N 72°37′13″W		 1972 94 feet (29 m) Green River State of Massachusetts Howe Also called Eunice Williams Bridge
Old Covered Bridge[2] Berkshire Sheffield
42°7′26″N 73°21′17″W		 1837-1838, 1854, rebuilt 1998 93 feet (28 m) Housatonic River Town of Sheffield Town Also called Upper Sheffield/Sheffield Bridge; original bridge burned in 1994
Sawyer Pond Bridge[1]:62–63 Essex Magnolia
42°35′29″N 70°43′8″W		 1983 40 feet (12 m) Sawyer Pond Private Town
Arthur A. Smith Covered Bridge[2] Franklin Colrain
42°40′12″N 72°43′9″W		 1868, 1870, 1896, rebuilt 2006 98 feet (30 m) North River Town of Colrain Burr
Ware-Hardwick Covered Bridge[2] Hampshire and Worcester Hardwick, Ware
42°18′37″N 72°12′45″W		 1886, rebuilt 1986 137 feet (42 m) Ware River Towns of Ware and Hardwick Town Also called Gilbertville/Ware Bridge
Chester/Charles H. Waterous Bridge[1]:75–76 Middlesex East Pepperell
42°40′10″N 71°34′30″W		 1848, rebuilt 1962 and 2010 108 feet (33 m) Nashua River Town of Pepperell Pratt variation Also called Nehemiah Jewett's Bridge and Pepperell Bridge

See also

References
  1. Evans, Benjamin D. and June R. (2004). New England's Covered Bridges. Lebanon, NH: University Press of New England. pp. 57-78. ISBN 1-58465-320-5.
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

Further reading

Burk, John S. (2010). Massachusetts Covered Bridges. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-73857323-6.

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