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Waterman Covered Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
1974 photo
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Location	Waterman Rd. over Waterman Creek, Johnson, Vermont
Coordinates	44°36′33″N 72°41′4″W / 44.60917°N 72.68444°W / 44.60917; -72.68444
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1868 (1868)
Built by	Mills, George S.
Architectural style	Queenpost trusses
NRHP reference No.	74000235
Added to NRHP	June 13, 1974

The Waterman Covered Bridge was an historic covered bridge in Johnson, Vermont that carried Waterman Road across Waterman Creek. Built in 1868, it was one of three surviving 19th-century bridges in the town. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, and collapsed in January 1982.

Description and history

The Waterman Covered Bridge was located in rural southern Johnson, carrying Waterman Road, a secondary road, across Waterman Creek. It was a two-span structure, with a main span that was a queen post truss, and a secondary span of post-and-beam construction. It rested on abutments of stone and concrete, with a timber bent supporting the inner ends of the two spans. The main span was 74 feet (23 m) long, and the secondary span 16 feet (4.9 m), giving the structure a total length of 90 feet (27 m). It was 19 feet (5.8 m) wide, with a roadway width of 16 feet (4.9 m), carrying one lane of traffic. The exterior was clad in vertical board siding, which extended around to the insides of the portals. On the sides, the siding ends short of the roof, leaving an open strip. The deck consisted of wooden planking laid over steel I-beams.

The bridge was built in 1868 by a George S. Mills, and was one of three surviving 19th-century covered bridges in the town. One of its abutments was rebuilt in concrete in 1962, and the deck reinforced with steel beams in 1969. When it was listed on the National Register in 1974, it was described as being in deteriorating condition; it collapsed in 1982.

See also

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• Engineering portal
• National Register of Historic Places portal
• List of covered bridges in Vermont
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Lamoille County, Vermont
• List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. ^ "Waterman Bridge". Lostbridges.org. Retrieved 2014-12-01.
3. ^ Hugh Henry (1974). "NRHP nomination for Waterman Covered Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-12-31. with photos from 1974

v t e National Register of Historic Places in Lamoille County, Vermont
Districts	Elmore State Park Jeffersonville Historic District Morrisville Historic District Moscow Village Historic District Stowe Village Historic District Waterville Village Historic District
Buildings	Cambridge Meetinghouse Green Mountain Inn Johnson Railroad Depot Lamoille County Courthouse Morrisville Depot Nye Block Peoples Academy-Copley Building, Grout Observatory and Community Bandshell Stowe CCC Side Camp
Structures	Bridge 6 Fisher Covered Railroad Bridge Gates Farm Covered Bridge Gold Brook Covered Bridge Grist Mill Covered Bridge Jaynes Covered Bridge Jeffersonville Bridge Lamoille River Route 15-A Bridge Mill Covered Bridge Montgomery Covered Bridge Morgan Covered Bridge Poland Covered Bridge Power House Covered Bridge Red Covered Bridge Scribner Covered Bridge Village Covered Bridge Waterman Covered Bridge
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Lamoille County, Vermont and List of National Historic Landmarks in Vermont

• Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont
• Bridges completed in 1868
• Covered bridges in Lamoille County, Vermont
• Demolished bridges in the United States
• National Register of Historic Places in Lamoille County, Vermont
• Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont
• Buildings and structures in Johnson, Vermont
• Wooden bridges in Vermont
• 1868 establishments in Vermont