Pulpmill Covered Bridge Middlebury
— — a two-lane bridge older than the state's first railroad.
Not only on a wall.
“Most covered bridges in Vermont take one lane at a time. Pulpmill takes two. It crosses Otter Creek a mile north of Middlebury village on the road to Weybridge, a double-barreled wooden bridge with a Burr arch truss running its full length. The earliest timbers go back to roughly 1820, which makes it one of the oldest covered bridges still carrying daily traffic anywhere in the country. Cars pass each other under the same roof. The creek runs cold below. The mill that gave it its name is gone. from the studio
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The Pulp Mill Covered Bridge crosses Otter Creek between the towns of Middlebury and Weybridge in Addison County, Vermont, about a mile north of Middlebury village green. It is a two-lane double-barreled covered bridge — one of only a handful in the United States — built with a Burr arch truss roughly 195 feet long. The earliest structural timbers are estimated to date to about 1820, with later twentieth-century reinforcements, making it among the oldest covered bridges still carrying daily vehicle traffic anywhere in the country. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Burr arch truss, patented by Theodore Burr in 1817, combines a long wooden arch with a stiff multiple-kingpost truss; the arch carries most of the live load while the truss holds the deck level. Pulp Mill's two arches run side by side, separated by a central post line, which is what makes the two-lane configuration possible. The bridge sits on stone abutments that survive from the original 1820s build. The crossing took its name from a pulpwood mill that once stood on the Weybridge bank of Otter Creek and is long gone.
Pulp Mill carries traffic year-round on Seymour Street Extension, connecting downtown Middlebury to the Morgan Horse Farm road in Weybridge. There is no admission, no gate, no posted hours. Cars pass each other inside the bridge at low speed; pedestrians use the same deck. The University of Vermont Morgan Horse Farm sits about a mile north on the Weybridge side and is open to visitors in season. Middlebury College, founded in 1800, sits two miles south. Best photographed from the Otter Creek bank just upstream, where both portals are visible together.