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West Hill Covered Bridge
Bridge in U.S. state of Vermont
Coordinates	44°52′01″N 72°38′53″W / 44.867°N 72.648°W / 44.867; -72.648
Carries	Automobile
Crosses	West Hill Brook
Locale	Montgomery, Vermont
Maintained by	Town of Montgomery
ID number	VT-06-09
Characteristics
Design	Covered, Town lattice
Material	Wood
Total length	58 ft 9 in (17.91 m)
Width	16 ft 6 in (5.03 m)
No. of spans	1
Load limit	8 tons
Clearance above	9 ft 5 in (2.87 m)
History
Constructed by	Sheldon and Savannah Jewett
Construction end	1883
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Coordinates	44°52′02″N 72°38′53″W / 44.86722°N 72.64806°W / 44.86722; -72.64806
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
NRHP reference No.	74000221
Added to NRHP	December 31, 1974

The West Hill Covered Bridge, also known as the Crystal Springs Covered Bridge is a wooden covered bridge that crosses West Hill Brook on Creamery Bridge Road in Montgomery, Vermont. It is one of six surviving 19th-century bridges built in Montgomery by the brothers Sheldon & Savannah Jewett. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Description

The West Hill Covered Bridge stands in a rural area about 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Montgomery's village center, carrying Creamery Bridge Road across West Hill Brook west of Hill West Road. It is a single-span Town lattice truss, 59 feet (18 m) long and 19.5 feet (5.9 m) wide, with a roadway width of 16 feet (4.9 m) (one lane). It is covered by a gabled roof, and its exterior is finished in vertical board siding, which is wrapped around to the insides of the portals. The siding ends before the roof eaves, leaving an open strip. The bridge deck consists of wooden planking.

History

The bridge was built by Sheldon & Savannah Jewett – brothers who built several bridges in the area, and had a farm and lumber mill nearby this area, where they prepared the lumber for the bridges they built. This bridge's date of construction is unknown; the Jewetts are known to have been active between about 1860 and 1890. Although not officially cited, this bridge also goes by the name of "Creamery Covered Bridge" due to a creamery that was located adjacent to the bridge site. Remains of the creamery are still visible in the woods next to the bridge.

Once a busy area, the location which the bridge served was slowly abandoned. The bridge and the road leading up to it fell into serious disrepair, and the bridge was closed in 1994. A complete renovation was carried out by Alpine Construction of Schuylerville, New York in 2009. A comprehensive series of articles chronicling the work can be found at the Vermont Covered Bridges web site. Despite the renovation of the bridge, the road as it approaches the bridge from either direction is little more than a one-lane, loose-gravel and rock path which is closed seasonally. The remote location has unfortunately allowed many acts of graffiti to be carried out inside the bridge.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Franklin County, Vermont
• List of Vermont covered bridges
• 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 West Hill Covered Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-12-03. with photos from 1974
4. Article: "Creamery Bridge Reconstruction Progress - Completed", VermontBridges.com.

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 1883
• 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
• 1883 establishments in Vermont