# Fuller Covered Bridge

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| name            = Fuller Covered Bridge
| image           = Fuller Covered Bridge.jpg
| image_upright   = 1.20
| caption         = Bridge in U.S. state of Vermont
| official_name   =
| carries         = Automobile
| crosses         = Black Falls Brook
| locale          = [Montgomery, Vermont](/source/Montgomery%2C_Vermont)
| maint           = Town of Montgomery
| id              = VT-06-05
| builder         = Sheldon and Savannah Jewett
| designer        =
| design          = Covered, [Town lattice](/source/Town_lattice)
| material        = Wood
| spans           = 1
| length          = {{convert|49|ft|6|in|m|2|abbr=on}}
| width           = {{convert|16|ft|4.75|in|m|2|abbr=on}}
| height          =
| load            = 3 tons
| clearance_above = {{convert|11|ft|0|in|m|2|abbr=on}}
| clearance_below =
| traffic         =
| complete        = 1890
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| caption      = Bridge site in U.S. state of Vermont
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| coordinates  = {{coord|44|54|12|N|72|38|23|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline, title}}
| locmapin     = Vermont#USA
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| added        = December 23, 1974
| area         = {{convert|1|acre|1}}
| refnum       = 74000216<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
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The '''Fuller Covered Bridge''', also known as the '''Blackfalls Covered Bridge'''<ref>{{Gnis|type=retired|1920620|Fuller Covered Bridge}}</ref> is a wooden [covered bridge](/source/covered_bridge) that crosses Black Falls Brook in [Montgomery, Vermont](/source/Montgomery%2C_Vermont) on Fuller Bridge Road.  It was listed on the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) in 1974.<ref name=nris/>  The bridge is one of a concentrated regional collection built by brothers [Sheldon & Savannah Jewett](/source/Sheldon_%26_Savannah_Jewett).

==Description and history==
The Fuller Covered Bridge is located on the north side of Montgomery village, on Fuller Bridge Road (a continuation of South Richford Road), just north of its junction with Black Falls Road.  The bridge is a single-span [Town lattice](/source/Town_lattice) truss, {{convert|49.5|ft|m}} long and {{convert|19.5|ft|m}} wide, with a roadway width of {{convert|16|ft|m}} (one lane).  It rests on [abutment](/source/abutment)s of mortared stone, one of which has afterwards been faced in concrete.  The bridge is covered by a metal gabled roof, and is sheathed in vertical board siding, which extends around a short distance into the portals.  The deck is made of wooden planks.<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=74000216}}|title=NRHP nomination for Fuller Covered Bridge|publisher=[National Park Service](/source/National_Park_Service)|accessdate=2016-10-30|author=Hugh Henry |date=1974}} with {{NRHP url|id=74000216|photos=y|title=photos from 1974}}</ref>

The bridge was built in 1890 by Sheldon and Savannah Jewett, brothers who are credited with building Montgomery's other surviving covered bridges.  This assemblage is one of the most concentrated in Vermont all attributable to a single builder.  The Jewetts used standardized dimensions for their construction (except for the bridge length), and prepared wood for the bridges at their lumberyard in Montgomery's West Hill area.<ref name=NRHP/>

The Fuller bridge underwent a restoration in 1981 but the very next year, at Christmas time, a logging truck destroyed the roof with its loading beam... the driver apparently oblivious to the fact.  It may not have been known how the bridge had been damaged had the truck not passed the town garage with Christmas lights that had adorned the bridge and pieces of the roof dragging behind it.  The trusses of the bridge were braced for the winter and repairs made the next year.  In 1997 a flood threatened to wash the bridge out.  In 2000, a complete reconstruction of the bridge was carried out by Blow & Cote of [Morrisville, Vermont](/source/Morrisville%2C_Vermont).<ref>[http://www.vermontbridges.com/fuller.recon.htm Article: "The Fuller Covered Bridge Reconstruction"]</ref>

==See also==
*[National Register of Historic Places listings in Franklin County, Vermont](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Franklin_County%2C_Vermont)
*[List of Vermont covered bridges](/source/List_of_Vermont_covered_bridges)
*[List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont](/source/List_of_bridges_on_the_National_Register_of_Historic_Places_in_Vermont)

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{commons category|Fuller Covered Bridge}}

{{NRHP in Franklin County, Vermont}}

Category:Buildings and structures in Montgomery, Vermont
Category:Bridges completed in 1890
Category:Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont
Category:Wooden bridges in Vermont
Category:Covered bridges in Franklin County, Vermont
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Vermont
Category:Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont
Category:Lattice truss bridges in the United States
Category:1890 establishments in Vermont

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