The Vermont Covered Bridge Society, Inc. was founded in February, 2000 to address the loss of Vermont’s covered bridges.
The number of covered bridges in Vermont has fallen from more than 500 to approximately 100 today. While many were lost to the flood of 1927, significant numbers have been lost since to poor maintenance, modernization, and some to vandalism.
The old bridges were built of timbers from long-gone forests and constructed by long-gone craftsmen. Popular with visitors, perhaps because they have an extraordinary ability to evoke the spirit of the past, taking viewers back to a simpler way of life. We who know and appreciate these old spans want to preserve them for ourselves and our posterity.
