Montgomery Center in Franklin County, Vermont — The American Northeast (New England)

Comstock Covered Bridge

Photographed by Dennis Gilkenson, June 30, 2022

1. Comstock Covered Bridge Marker

Inscription. Built in 1883, Comstock Covered Bridge is an illustration of the Town lattice truss, one of the most significant American timber truss types of the 19th century. Patented in 1820 by architect Ithiel Town, the truss system consists of a rectangular timber frame connected by sawn planks arranged in the form of a lattice and fastened together with trunnels (wooden pegs). This single-span bridge, crossing the Trout River, has side portals providing daylight and glimpses of the plank lattice truss system. Comstock Covered Bridge is one of the best surviving examples of the work of Savanard and Sheldon Jewett, lumbermen and farmers who constructed several covered bridges in Montgomery. Impacted by flooding, the bridge was restored in 2003.

Erected 2021 by Vermont Division for Historic Preservation.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Bridges & Viaducts. In addition, it is included in the Covered Bridges, and the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation Markers series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1883.

Location. 44° 53.982′ N, 72° 38.664′ W. Marker is in Montgomery, Vermont, in Franklin County. It is in Montgomery Center. It is on Comstock Bridge Road, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Montgomery VT 05470, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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Regionally, this marker is in Vermont’s Champlain Valley.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in New England.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Great North Woods,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Black Lantern Inn (approx. ¼ mile away); Union Church (approx. ¼ mile away); Fuller Covered Bridge (approx. 0.3 miles away); Longley Covered Bridge (approx. ¾ mile away); Hectorville Covered Bridge (approx. 3½ miles away); Opera House of Enosburg Falls (approx. 7.7 miles away); West Enosburg United Methodist Church (approx. 7.8 miles away); Patent Medicine in Enosburg Falls (approx. 7.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Montgomery.

Comstock Covered Bridge image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Dennis Gilkenson, June 30, 2022

2. Comstock Covered Bridge

Comstock Covered Bridge Lattice Truss image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Dennis Gilkenson, June 30, 2022

3. Comstock Covered Bridge Lattice Truss

Wide View of Comstock Covered Bridge Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Dennis Gilkenson, June 30, 2022

4. Wide View of Comstock Covered Bridge Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 1, 2022, by Dennis Gilkenson of Saxtons River, Vermont. This page has been viewed 496 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 1, 2022, by Dennis Gilkenson of Saxtons River, Vermont. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.