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Hectorville Covered Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The bridge in 1970
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Location	Originally on Gibou Rd., Montgomery, Vermont
Coordinates	44°51′13″N 72°36′50″W / 44.85361°N 72.61389°W / 44.85361; -72.61389
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1860 (1860)
Built by	Jewett, Sheldon & Savannah
Architectural style	Town lattice truss
NRHP reference No.	74000217
Added to NRHP	November 20, 1974

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.

Description and history

The Hectorville Covered Bridge consists of two Town lattice trusses, 52.5 feet (16.0 m) long, with a structure width of 19.5 feet (5.9 m) and a roadway width of 16 feet (4.9 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.

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. 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.

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 Franklin 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. ^ Hugh Henry (1974). "NRHP nomination for Hectorville Covered Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-11-04. with photos from 1974
3. "Hectorville Bridge". Vermont Bridges. Retrieved 2016-11-04.

v t e National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Vermont
Districts	Ballard Farm Central Vermont Railroad Headquarters Downtown Richford Historic District St. Albans Historic District
Buildings	Billado Block Sheldon Boright House Brigham Academy Community Baptist Church and Parsonage District No. 2 School District No. 8 School Enosburg Congregational Memorial Church Enosburg Opera House Evarts-McWilliams House Fairfield Street School First Congregational Church of Swanton Fletcher Union Church Georgia Plain Baptist Church Giroux Furniture Company Building Solomon Goodrich Homestead Hathaway's Tavern Houghton House Kemp-Shepard House Dr. B. J. Kendall Company L'Ecole Saintes-Anges Methodist Episcopal Church Montgomery House Ovitt Grist Mill Parish of the Holy Trinity Perley Block Moses P. Perley House Quincy Hotel Richford Primary School Richwood Estate Rockledge St. Albans Town Hall St. Ann's Episcopal Church St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church St. George's Catholic Church St. John's Episcopal Church Swanton School Sweat-Comings Company House U.S. Inspection Station-East Richford, Vermont U.S. Inspection Station-Richford, Vermont U.S. Inspection Station-West Berkshire, Vermont United States Post Office and Custom House Warner Home West Berkshire School F.W. Wheeler House Willard Manufacturing Company Building
Structures	Bridge 9 Bridge 12 Bridge Number VT105-10 Comstock Covered Bridge Douglas & Jarvis Patent Parabolic Truss Iron Bridge East Fairfield Covered Bridge Fairfax Covered Bridge Fuller Covered Bridge Hectorville Covered Bridge Hopkins Covered Bridge Hutchins Covered Bridge Longley Covered Bridge Missisquoi River Bridge Swanton Covered Railroad Bridge West Hill Covered Bridge
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Franklin County, Vermont and List of National Historic Landmarks in Vermont

• Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont
• National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Vermont
• Bridges completed in 1860
• Covered bridges in Franklin County, Vermont
• Buildings and structures in Montgomery, Vermont
• Wooden bridges in Vermont
• Lattice truss bridges in the United States
• Road bridges in Vermont