{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Hectorville Covered Bridge | nrhp_type = | image = HECTORVILLE COVERED BRIDGE.jpg | caption = The bridge in 1970 | location= Originally on Gibou Rd., Montgomery, Vermont | coordinates = {{coord|44|51|13|N|72|36|50|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Vermont#USA | built = {{Start date|1860}} | builder = Jewett, Sheldon & Savannah | architecture = Town lattice truss | added = November 20, 1974 | area = {{convert|1|acre}} | refnum = 74000217<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> }} The '''Hectorville Covered Bridge''' is a historic covered bridge in Montgomery, Vermont. Originally located on Gibou Road off Vermont Route 118 in central Montgomery, the bridge is currently (2016) in storage. It was built by Sheldon & Savannah Jewett, who are credited with building all of Montgomery's surviving 19th century covered bridges. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.<ref name="nris"/>
==Description and history== The Hectorville Covered Bridge consists of two Town lattice trusses, {{convert|52.5|ft|m}} long, with a structure width of {{convert|19.5|ft|m}} and a roadway width of {{convert|16|ft|m}} (one lane). The bridge's exterior is clad in vertical board siding, and it is covered by a metal gable roof. The siding extends a short way into the portals to shelter the truss ends. The bridge decking consists of wooden planking on wooden stringers. When situated across the Trout River on Gibou Road, it sat on irregularly laid stone abutments faced in concrete.<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=74000217}}|title=NRHP nomination for Hectorville Covered Bridge|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=2016-11-04|author=Hugh Henry |date=1974}} with {{NRHP url|id=74000217|photos=y|title=photos from 1974}}</ref>
The bridge's construction date is not known. It is known to have been built by the town's 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 bridge was originally located in Montgomery Center, and was relocated to the Gibou Road location in the early 1900s. As of 2003, the bridge was reported to be in a local construction yard, awaiting repairs and a determination by the town of where to place it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vermontbridges.com/hectorville%20bridge.htm|title=Hectorville Bridge|publisher=Vermont Bridges|accessdate=2016-11-04}}</ref>
==See also== * {{Portal-inline|Transport}} * {{Portal-inline|Engineering}} * * {{Portal-inline|National Register of Historic Places}} * List of covered bridges in Vermont * National Register of Historic Places listings in Franklin County, Vermont * List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont
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Category:Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont Category:National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Vermont Category:Bridges completed in 1860 Category:Covered bridges in Franklin County, Vermont Category:Buildings and structures in Montgomery, Vermont Category:Wooden bridges in Vermont Category:Lattice truss bridges in the United States Category:Road bridges in Vermont