Oldest Bridges in Vermont

The oldest bridge in Vermont dates to 1824. The table below shows the state's most historic bridges, ranked by year built. Many of these structures have survived well beyond their original design life — click any bridge to see its current condition and inspection history.

How this ranking works

This state list uses the NBI year-built field and links each bridge to its current inspection record. Treat age as a history signal, not a condition score.

BridgeCountyYear BuiltConditionDaily Traffic
C3010 over Muddy BranchAddison1824Fair10
C2001 over Mad RiverWashington1833Fair1,900
C2006 over Ompompanoosuc RiverOrange1836Fair1,250
C3039 over Mill RiverRutland1836Good500
C2002 over Ottauquechee RiverWindsor1836Fair1,500
C2004 over Otter CreekRutland1838Good600
C3026 over Walloomsac RiverBennington1840Fair1,500
C3008 over Walloomsac RiverBennington1840Fair1,000
C3023 over Otter CreekRutland1840Fair700
C3020 over Black RiverWindsor1840Good10
C3006 over Otter CreekRutland1841Fair550
C3052 over Gold BrookLamoille1844Fair200
C3039 over Lewis CreekChittenden1849Good250
C3036 over Lewis CreekChittenden1849Good750
C3013 over Furnace BrookRutland1849Fair450
C3042 over Otter CreekRutland1851Fair30
C3030 over Winooski RiverWashington1851Good150
C3023 over Batten Kill RiverBennington1852Fair250
City Seymore over Otter CreekAddison1853Fair1,400
C3004 over Trout RiverFranklin1863Good450
C2001 over Otter CreekAddison1865Fair700
C3035 over Mill BrookFranklin1865Fair600
C3049 over Black CreekFranklin1865Good130
C3035 over Ottauquechee RiverWindsor1865Fair500
Cornish Toll Br RD over Connecticut RiverWindsor1866Poor2,655
C2003 over Ompompanoosuc RiverOrange1867Good530
C3014 over Williams RiverWindham1868Good75
Tr 02 Fas 171 over Roaring BranchBennington1870Fair830
C3033 over Gihon RiverLamoille1870Fair50
C3043 over S. Br. Saxtons RiverWindham1870Fair15
C2001 over Green RiverWindham1870Fair280
Tr 02 Fas 106 over Rock RiverWindham1870Fair1,500
C3065 over BrookWindsor1870Fair10
C2003 over Cox BrookWashington1872Fair1,200
C2003 over Dog RiverWashington1872Fair1,500
C3014 over Dog RiverWashington1872Fair35
C2003 over Pine BrookWashington1872Fair250
C2001 over West RiverWindham1872Fair1,200
C3006 over 1st Branch White R.Orange1874Fair100
C3017 over Trout RiverFranklin1875Fair10
C3020 over N. Br. Of Lamoille RiverLamoille1877Fair100
C3003 over N Br Lamoille RiverLamoille1877Fair100
C3060 over 1st Branch White R.Orange1879Fair50
Tr 03 Fas 188 over Mad RiverWashington1879Fair770
C3006 over Cold RiverRutland1880Fair200
C3058 over So. Wheelock BranchCaledonia1881Poor400
C3046 over Lulls BrookWindsor1881Poor100
C4025 over West Hill BrookFranklin1883Fair30
C3027 over So. Br. Trout RiverFranklin1883Fair40
C3042 over Trout RiverFranklin1883Good50
C3068 over First Branch White R.Orange1883Fair40
C3045 over 1st Branch White R.Orange1883Good50
C3054 over Joes BrookCaledonia1886Fair100
C3062 over West RiverWindham1886Good200
C3002 over No. Br Lamoille RLamoille1887Fair50
C3023 over Lamoille RiverLamoille1887Fair1,200
C3025 over 1st Branch White R.Orange1889Fair30
US 00007 Ml over Sugar Hollow BrookRutland1889Good8,800
C2001 over Black Falls BrookFranklin1890Fair410
C3037 over Mill BrookWindsor1890Fair50
Vt 00030 Ml over Otter CreekAddison1893Fair8,200
Vt 00933 Ml over Connecticut RiverEssex1893Fair220
C3030 over Mill BrookWindsor1895Good100
C3050 over Sterling BrookLamoille1896Good150
C3014 over N. Br. Lamoille RiverLamoille1896Fair10
C3009 over Holmes CreekChittenden1898Fair550
C3008 over Stony BrookWashington1899Fair400
C3051 over Jewett BrookBennington1900Fair500
C30pr over Paran RiverBennington1900Fair750
C3004 over Mill BrookBennington1900Fair120
Alt Vt 00122 Ml over Miller RunCaledonia1900Good4,500
US 00007 Ml over Neshobe RiverRutland1900Good9,300
Vt 00155 Ml over Mill RiverRutland1900Fair970
C2003 over Cox BrookWashington1900Fair1,200
C3009 over Bull CreekWindham1900Poor20
Tr 01 Fas 125 over Simpson BrookWindham1900Good1,300
C2005 over 3rd Branch White R.Windsor1900Fair100
C3018 over Williams RiverWindsor1900Good20
Park Street over Black RiverWindsor1900Fair4,730
Nh 11 over Connecticut RiverWindsor1900Fair6,958
C3050 over Ottauquechee RiverWindsor1900Fair400
C3013 over 1st Branch White R.Orange1902Fair50
City Grnit over Winooski RiverWashington1902Fair4,200
C3022 over Black CreekFranklin1903Poor100
C3066 over 2nd Branch White R.Orange1904Good60
C3064 over 2nd Branch White R.Orange1904Good40
C3060 over 2nd Branch White R.Orange1904Good20
C3041 over Mill BrookWindsor1904Good10
C2004 over Black RiverWindsor1905Fair720
C3011 over Mill RiverFranklin1906Fair20
C3007 over Otter CreekAddison1908Fair650
C3005 over Castleton RiverRutland1908Fair40
C3057 over N.e.c.r.r. & Dog RiverWashington1908Poor150
C3448 over Power Dam CanalWindham1909Poor600
Vt 00346 Ml over BrookBennington1910Fair1,300
C3023 over New England Central RrChittenden1910Fair1,500
C3012 over Missisquoi RiverOrleans1910Good70
Vt 00232 Ml over Mollys BrookWashington1910Fair400
Nh123 over Connecticut RiverWindham1910Fair5,698
Mt Orne Road over Connecticut RiverEssex1911Fair658
C3042 over Tyler BranchFranklin1911Poor70
US 00004 Ml over Ottauquechee RiverWindsor1911Poor8,900
Vt 0007a Alt over W. Branch Batten Kill R.Bennington1912Good12,500
Columbia Bridge RD over Connecticut RiverEssex1912Fair227
C3014 over Green Mountain Rwy.Windham1913Poor100
C3030 over Jones BrookChittenden1914Fair80
C3029 over Cobb BrookChittenden1914Good10
C3020 over Lee RiverChittenden1914Fair10
C3005 over Stlawrence Atlantic RrEssex1914Fair30
Vt 00009 Ml over Whetstone BrookWindham1914Fair15,500
C3019 over Bridgewater BrookWindsor1914Poor20
C2001 over E. Br. Passumpsic RiverEssex1915Fair100
Vt 00133 Ml over Poultney RiverRutland1915Fair1,000
Tr 03 Fas 155 over Otter CreekRutland1915Good250
US 00002 Ml over Knob Hill BrookWashington1915Fair5,600
C3029 over Conn. River Line R.r.Windsor1915Fair380
C2006 over Great BrookWindsor1915Fair400
C30we over New England Central RrChittenden1916Fair750
Vt 00030 Ml over Flower BrookRutland1916Fair2,400
US 00br2 Bus. over North BranchWashington1916Fair5,000
C3065 over Kedron BrookWindsor1918Good75
C3066 over Kedron BrookWindsor1918Fair75
C3044 over W. Br. Dead CreekAddison1919Fair50
C3027 over Potash BrookAddison1919Good200
C4027 over Little Notch BrookAddison1919Fair20
C3026 over Little Otter CreekAddison1919Fair20
C3006 over New Haven RiverAddison1919Poor200
C3045 over New Haven RiverAddison1919Fair50
C3009 over Br Little Otter CrkAddison1919Fair200
C3035 over Lemon Fair RiverAddison1919Good50
C3322 over Walloomsac RiverBennington1919Good100
C3010 over Mettawee RiverBennington1919Fair150
C2004 over Batten Kill RiverBennington1919Fair1,000
C3021 over White CreekBennington1919Fair10
C3014 over Green RiverBennington1919Fair30
C2001 over N. Br. Hoosic RiverBennington1919Good150
C3003 over Winhall RiverBennington1919Good150
C3001 over Roaring BranchBennington1919Fair140
C3004 over Stamford StreamBennington1919Fair10
C3048 over Peacham Hollow BrookCaledonia1919Fair150
C3099 over Stevens RiverCaledonia1919Poor125
C3056 over Stevens RiverCaledonia1919Fair100
C3031 over Miller RunCaledonia1919Good200
C3046 over South Wheelock BranchCaledonia1919Fair250
C3008 over Sleepers RiverCaledonia1919Poor100
C3032 over Miller RunCaledonia1919Fair350
C3038 over Miller RunCaledonia1919Fair20
C3048 over Calendar BrookCaledonia1919Poor30
Vt 00016 Ml over Lamoille RiverCaledonia1919Fair2,500
Tr 01 Fas 193 over Wells RiverCaledonia1919Fair960
C3014 over Mill BrookChittenden1919Fair10
C3015 over Joiner BrookChittenden1919Fair20
C3002 over Mill BrookEssex1919Good20
C3008 over Boque BranchFranklin1919Good100
C3034 over Black CreekFranklin1919Good50
C3007 over BrookFranklin1919Good100
C2001 over Beaver Meadow BrookFranklin1919Fair150
C3029 over Black CreekFranklin1919Poor50
C3020 over Jewett BrookFranklin1919Good575
C3003 over No. Br Lamoille R.Lamoille1919Fair50
C3031 over Brewster RiverLamoille1919Good160
C3031 over Kenfield BrookLamoille1919Good20
C4033 over White RiverOrange1919Fair10
C3022 over BrookOrange1919Good120
C3056 over Peach BrookOrange1919Fair150
C3074 over Conn. River Line R.r.Orange1919Fair20
C3095 over Halls BrookOrange1919Good10
C3013 over Orange BrookOrange1919Fair30
C2002 over W. Br. Ompompanoosuc R.Orange1919Fair600
C2003 over Abbott BrookOrange1919Fair200
C3039 over W. Br. Ompompanoosuc R.Orange1919Fair125
C3057 over Waits RiverOrange1919Good200
C3029 over Coppermine BrookOrange1919Fair50
C2008 over Martin BrookOrange1919Good250
C3046 over Roaring BrookOrleans1919Good20
C3032 over Barton RiverOrleans1919Fair10
C2005 over Barton RiverOrleans1919Fair1,500
C3025 over Black RiverOrleans1919Fair90
C3020 over Neshobe RiverRutland1919Good30
C2003 over North Brittain BrookRutland1919Fair850
C3050 over Castleton RiverRutland1919Fair640
C3018 over Poultney RiverRutland1919Fair100
C3010 over Perry BrookRutland1919Fair50
C3004 over Townsend BrookRutland1919Good20
C2004 over Castleton RiverRutland1919Good400
C3031 over Kingsbury Br Winooski RWashington1919Fair30
C3027 over Winooski RiverWashington1919Fair100
C4048 over Winooski RiverWashington1919Fair10
C2003 over Winooski RiverWashington1919Fair400
C2001 over Cox BrookWashington1919Fair250
C2001 over Cox BrookWashington1919Fair175
C2003 over Cox BrookWashington1919Fair750
C3028 over Union BrookWashington1919Fair30
C3068 over Dog RiverWashington1919Fair10
C3054 over Sunny BrookWashington1919Fair10
C3060 over Stony BrookWashington1919Fair10
C2005 over Sunny BrookWashington1919Fair1,000
C3093 over Sunny BrookWashington1919Fair10
C3035 over Flint BrookWashington1919Fair60
C3011 over Bull Run BrookWashington1919Fair100