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Upper Cox Brook Covered Bridge
Bridge in U.S. state of Vermont
Coordinates	44°10′26″N 72°39′18″W / 44.174°N 72.655°W / 44.174; -72.655
Carries	Automobile
Crosses	Cox Brook
Locale	Northfield, Vermont
Maintained by	Town of Northfield
ID number	VT-12-11
Characteristics
Design	Covered, Queen post
Material	Wood
Total length	51.25 ft (15.62 m)
Width	14.1 ft (4.3 m)
No. of spans	1
Clearance above	12 ft (3.7 m)
History
Constructed by	unknown
Construction end	1872
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Coordinates	44°10′25″N 72°39′19″W / 44.17361°N 72.65528°W / 44.17361; -72.65528
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
NRHP reference No.	74000267
Added to NRHP	October 1, 1974

The Upper Cox Brook Covered Bridge is a wooden covered bridge that crosses Cox Brook on Cox Brook Road in Northfield, Vermont. It is one of five surviving 19th-century covered bridges in the town, and one of three on the same road. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Description and history

The Upper Cox Brook Covered Bridge stands west of the village of Northfield Falls, crossing Cox Brook, a tributary of the Dog River. It is the westernmost of three covered bridges on Cox Brook Road; the other two are the Northfield Falls Covered Bridge (crossing the river), and the Lower Cox Brook Covered Bridge. The bridge is of Queen post truss design, its two trusses 51.5 feet (15.7 m) in length, and resting on abutments either faced or rebuilt in concrete. The trusses are set at an offset, skewed to form a parallelogram. The bridge is covered by a metal gabled roof, and its exterior is clad in vertical board siding, which extends around to the insides of the portals. The bridge deck consists of steel I-beams supporting wooden planking. The trusses no longer carry the bridge's active load, and only support its superstructure. The siding does not rise all the way to the roof, leaving an open strip between them, and there are long rectangular strip openings on the sides, sheltered by projecting siding.

On August 28, 2011, the Upper Cox Brook bridge appeared to have been severely damaged by flooding caused by Hurricane Irene. A tree was thrust up through the bridge into the roof and the approaching road was washed out. The bridge was closed for a brief time, but reopened within 2 weeks after the storm apparently suffering only minor damage.

See also

• Transport portal
• Engineering portal
• List of covered bridges in Vermont
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington 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 Upper Cox Covered Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-11-20. with photos from 1974
3. Kane, Trish. "Video clips and news on covered bridge damage due to Hurricane Irene". Vermont Covered Bridges Society website. Retrieved 31 August 2011.

v t e National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Vermont
National Historic Landmark	Socialist Labor Party Hall Vermont State House
Districts	Barre Downtown Historic District Beck and Beck Granite Shed Currier Park Historic District East Calais Historic District Goddard College Greatwood Campus Kents Corner Historic District Mad River Glen Ski Area Historic District ‡ Mad River Valley Rural Historic District McLaughlin Farm Mill Village Historic District Montpelier Historic District North Calais Village Historic District Plainfield Village Historic District Roxbury Fish Hatchery Vermont State Hospital Historic District Waitsfield Common Historic District Waitsfield Village Historic District Warren Village Historic District Waterbury Village Historic District
Buildings	Aldrich Public Library Allenwood Farm Athenwood and the Thomas W. Wood Studio Barre City Hall and Opera House Central Vermont Railway Depot Colby Mansion College Hall Parley Davis House East Village Meetinghouse Gale-Bancroft House Green Mountain Seminary Italian Baptist Church Jones Brothers Granite Shed Jones–Pestle Farmstead Joslin Farm Lareau Farmstead Chauncey B. Leonard House Martin Covered Bridge Mayo Building National Clothespin Factory Nichols House Old Red Mill Old West Church Reynolds House Scampini Block E. L. Smith Roundhouse Granite Shed Joshua Twing Gristmill Union Co-operative Store Bakery Union Meetinghouse Waterbury Center Methodist Church Wheelock Law Office Theodore Wood House Woodbury Graded School Woodbury Town Hall Worcester Town Hall Worcester Village School
Structures	Bridge 31 Bridge No. 27 Center Road Culvert Coburn Covered Bridge Great Eddy Covered Bridge Lower Cox Brook Covered Bridge Middlesex–Winooski River Bridge Northfield Falls Covered Bridge Pine Brook Covered Bridge Slaughter House Covered Bridge Stony Brook Covered Bridge Upper Cox Brook Covered Bridge Warren Covered Bridge
Footnotes	‡ This historic property also has portions in an adjacent county.
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Vermont and List of National Historic Landmarks in Vermont

• Buildings and structures in Northfield, Vermont
• Bridges completed in 1872
• Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont
• Queen post truss bridges in the United States
• Wooden bridges in Vermont
• Covered bridges in Washington County, Vermont
• National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Vermont
• Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont
• 1872 establishments in Vermont