Taftsville Covered Bridge

Date:	10-10-2021
Location:	Woodstock, VT
Water Body:	Ottauquechee River
Year Built:	1836
Bridge Length:	189′
Truss Type:	Burr-arch truss (modified multiple kingpost truss with semi-independent arches)
Parking	2+ Cars

The Taftsville Covered bridge in Woodstock, Vermont is one of the oldest covered bridges in Vermont and the United States. It was built in 1836.

There were three prior bridges at this location but each was washed away by floods in 1807, 1811, 1828. The The current Taftsville Bridge is still the one constructed in 1836.

The bridge and the village are named after Stephen Taft, who arrived in the area around 1790. Taft and his family built a number of mills in the village.

This covered bridge is beautiful and offers many angles to view it from. There is even a nice path that takes you below the bridge to see it from the river.

Parking is “creative” but there is a dirt road across from the bridge that number of people parked on.