{{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Kingsley Covered Bridge | nrhp_type = nrhp | image = Kingsley Covered Bridge, East Clarendon, Vermont.jpg | caption = The north approach to the Kingsley bridge. The Rutland Airport landing strip is on the hill just to the right of this photo | location = Clarendon, Vermont | coordinates = {{coord|43|31|24.74|N|72|56|29.85|W|display=inline,title}} | area = {{convert|1|acre|ha}} | built = {{Start date and age|1870}} | architect = Timothy K. Horton | architecture = | added = February 12, 1974 | refnum = 74000257 <ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2007a}}</ref> | nrhp_type2 = indcp | nocat = yes | designated_nrhp_type2 = November 8, 2007 | partof = Kingsley Grist Mill Historic District | partof_refnum = 07001170 }}
The '''Kingsley Covered Bridge''' (also called the '''Mill River Bridge''') is a wooden covered bridge carrying East Street across the Mill River in Clarendon, Vermont. Built about 1870, it is the town's only surviving 19th-century covered bridge. The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.<ref name="nris"/>
==Description and history== The Kingsley Covered Bridge is located west of Vermont Route 103 and just under the landing strip for the Rutland Airport on East Street Extension off Gorge Road, a paved road that turns to dirt after crossing the bridge. It is adjacent to the Kingsley Grist Mill Historic District, consisting of a restored mill and houses. The bridge has a 3-ton weight limit.
The bridge is a single-span Town lattice truss structure, {{convert|121|ft|m}} long and {{convert|17.5|ft|m}} wide, with a roadway width of {{convert|14|ft|m}} (one lane). The trusses rest on abutments that have been faced in concrete. The exterior is finished in vertical board siding, which extends from the sides, around the portals, and just inside the portals. It has a roof of corrugated metal.<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|74000257}}|title=NRHP nomination for Kingsley Covered Bridge|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=2016-04-10}}</ref>
The bridge bears a sign claiming to have been built in 1836, but the National Register nomination claims a construction date of about 1870. The bridge was built by Timothy K. Horton (1814-1896),<ref name=NRHP_HD>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|07001170}}|title=NRHP nomination for Kingsley Grist Mill Historic District|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=2016-04-11}}</ref> and is the town's last surviving 19th-century bridge.<ref name=NRHP/> The site has apparently had a bridge since the late 18th century, with references to a crossing being authorized there in 1788.<ref name=NRHP_HD/>
==See also== *National Register of Historic Places listings in Rutland County, Vermont *List of Vermont covered bridges *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:Covered bridges in Rutland County, Vermont Category:Buildings and structures in Clarendon, Vermont Category:Bridges completed in 1836 Category:Wooden bridges in Vermont Category:National Register of Historic Places in Rutland County, Vermont Category:Historic district contributing properties in Vermont Category:Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont Category:Lattice truss bridges in the United States Category:1836 establishments in Vermont