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Longley Covered Bridge
Bridge in U.S. state of Vermont
Coordinates	44°54′25″N 72°39′18″W / 44.907°N 72.655°W / 44.907; -72.655
Carries	Automobile
Crosses	Trout River
Locale	Montgomery, Vermont
Maintained by	Town of Montgomery
ID number	VT-06-08
Characteristics
Design	Covered, Town lattice
Material	Wood
Total length	84 ft 7 in (25.78 m)
Width	16 ft 1.25 in (4.91 m)
No. of spans	1
Load limit	3 tons
Clearance above	11 ft 0 in (3.35 m)
History
Constructed by	Sheldon and Savannah Jewett
Construction end	1863 (1863)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Coordinates	44°54′26″N 72°39′19″W / 44.90722°N 72.65528°W / 44.90722; -72.65528
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
NRHP reference No.	74000220
Added to NRHP	December 30, 1974

The Longley Covered Bridge, also known as the Harnois Covered Bridge, is a wooden covered bridge that crosses the Trout River in Montgomery, Vermont on Longley Bridge Road. Built in 1863, this Town lattice truss bridge is the oldest of a group of area bridges built by brothers Sheldon & Savannah Jewett. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. The bridge is closed to traffic, and has been bypassed by an adjacent temporary bridge.

Description and history

The Longley Covered Bridge is located in a rural area northwest of the village center of Montgomery, on Longley Bridge Road just west of its junction with Vermont Route 118. It crosses the Trout River in an east–west orientation, resting on abutments of stone and concrete. The bridge consists of flanking Town lattice trusses 84.5 feet (25.8 m) long. The bridge is 19.5 feet (5.9 m) wide, with a roadway width of 16 feet (4.9 m) (one lane). The exterior is finished in vertical board siding, which extends around to the interior of the portals. The siding does not extend the full height on the sides, leaving an open strip below the eaves. The bridge deck consists of wooden planking, and reinforcing stringers have been added to its underside. The bridge has a roof of standing seam metal.

The bridge was built in 1863 by the Jewett brothers, who are credited with the construction of all of Montgomery's surviving covered bridges; it is the oldest of their surviving bridges. The brothers operated a sawmill in Montgomery's West Hill area. They prepared the wood for the bridges at their sawmill. The brothers are credited with building seven area surviving covered bridges, distinctive in Vermont as the highest concentration of bridges in the state with a single attributed builder.

A complete restoration of the bridge was conducted in 1992 by Jan Lewandoski. The bridge is currently leaning to one side and the trusses are bowed in the middle. It has been closed and bypassed by a temporary bridge.

See also

• Transport portal
• 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. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: West Hill Covered Bridge
3. ^ Hugh Henry (1974). "NRHP nomination for Longley Covered Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-11-11. with photos from 1974
4. Evans, Benjamin and June. New England's Covered Bridges. University Press of New England, 2004. ISBN 1-58465-320-5

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

• Buildings and structures in Montgomery, Vermont
• Bridges completed in 1863
• Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont
• Wooden bridges in Vermont
• Covered bridges in Franklin County, Vermont
• National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Vermont
• Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont
• Lattice truss bridges in the United States
• 1863 establishments in Vermont