Oldest Bridges in Vermont

The oldest bridge in Vermont is the C3010 over Muddy Branch in Addison County, built in 1824.

Age, drawn to scale

The 10 oldest in Vermont, one timeline

18001850190019502000today

1C3010 over Muddy BranchVT · 1824 · 10/day 2C2001 over Mad RiverVT · 1833 · 1.9k/day 3C3039 over Mill RiverVT · 1836 · 500/day 4C2002 over Ottauquechee RiverVT · 1836 · 1.5k/day 5C2004 over Otter CreekVT · 1838 · 600/day 6C3026 over Walloomsac RiverVT · 1840 · 1.5k/day 7C3020 over Black RiverVT · 1840 · 10/day 8C3006 over Otter CreekVT · 1841 · 550/day 9C3052 over Gold BrookVT · 1844 · 200/day 10C3039 over Lewis CreekVT · 1849 · 250/day For scale: the Brooklyn BridgeNY · 1883 · 111k/day

Each bar runs from the year the bridge was built to today, colored by its overall condition (green good, orange fair, red poor). A white notch marks a recorded reconstruction; many of these bridges have been rebuilt or widened more than once, and the inventory keeps only the most recent date. Daily traffic is the latest count.

When the bridges were built

every bridge in Vermont by the decade it was built

Before 1900pre5%

1900s'0015%

138

1910s'1010%

240

1920s'2011%

343

1930s'306%

148

1940s'407%

193

1950s'503%

406

1960s'604%

378

1970s'702%

244

1980s'800%

192

1990s'902%

163

2000s'001%

260

2010s'100%

2020s'200%

bridges builtshare rated poor

goodfairpoor

Bars are stacked by today's condition rating. 2,860 bridges are counted. Build years before 1900 are counted only when credible.

The Oldest Bridges in Vermont

Bridge	County	Built	Rebuilt	Material	Daily Traffic	Condition
C3010 over Muddy Branch	Addison	1824	1994	Wood or Timber	10	Fair
C2001 over Mad River	Washington	1833	1973	Wood or Timber	1,900	Fair
C3039 over Mill River	Rutland	1836	1987	Wood or Timber	500	Good
C2002 over Ottauquechee River	Windsor	1836	2013	Wood or Timber	1,500	Fair
C2004 over Otter Creek	Rutland	1838	2003	Wood or Timber	600	Good
C3026 over Walloomsac River	Bennington	1840	1991	Wood or Timber	1,500	Fair
C3020 over Black River	Windsor	1840	2007	Wood or Timber	10	Good
C3006 over Otter Creek	Rutland	1841	2004	Wood or Timber	550	Fair
C3052 over Gold Brook	Lamoille	1844	1979	Wood or Timber	200	Fair
C3039 over Lewis Creek	Chittenden	1849	2016	Wood or Timber	250	Good
Brooklyn Bridge over I278 Fdr Drive Fdr Dri		1883	2016		110,939	Poor
C3023 over Batten Kill River	Bennington	1852	1979	Wood or Timber	250	Fair
City Seymore over Otter Creek	Addison	1853	2012	Wood or Timber	1,400	Fair
C3004 over Trout River	Franklin	1863	2017	Wood or Timber	450	Good
C2001 over Otter Creek	Addison	1865	2008	Wood or Timber	700	Fair
C3035 over Mill Brook	Franklin	1865	1990	Wood or Timber	600	Fair
C3049 over Black Creek	Franklin	1865	2009	Wood or Timber	130	Good
C3035 over Ottauquechee River	Windsor	1865	1989	Wood or Timber	500	Fair
Cornish Toll Br RD over Connecticut River	Windsor	1866	1989	Wood or Timber	2,655	Poor
C2003 over Ompompanoosuc River	Orange	1867	2002	Wood or Timber	530	Good
C3014 over Williams River	Windham	1868	2010	Wood or Timber	75	Good
C3033 over Gihon River	Lamoille	1870	1980	Steel	50	Fair
C3043 over S. Br. Saxtons River	Windham	1870	1995	Wood or Timber	15	Fair
C2001 over Green River	Windham	1870	2016	Wood or Timber	280	Fair
C3065 over Brook	Windsor	1870	1986	Wood or Timber	10	Fair
Tr 02 Fas 106 over Rock River	Windham	1870	2010	Wood or Timber	1,500	Fair
Tr 02 Fas 171 over Roaring Branch	Bennington	1870	1972	Steel Continuous	830	Fair
C2003 over Cox Brook	Washington	1872	1979	Steel	1,200	Fair
C2003 over Dog River	Washington	1872	1969	Steel	1,500	Fair
C3014 over Dog River	Washington	1872		Wood or Timber	35	Fair
C2003 over Pine Brook	Washington	1872	1977	Steel	250	Fair
C2001 over West River	Windham	1872	1998	Wood or Timber	1,200	Fair
C3006 over 1st Branch White R.	Orange	1874	1970	Wood or Timber	100	Fair
C3017 over Trout River	Franklin	1875	1998	Wood or Timber	10	Fair
C3020 over N. Br. Of Lamoille River	Lamoille	1877	1968	Steel	100	Fair
C3003 over N Br Lamoille River	Lamoille	1877	1976	Steel	100	Fair
C3060 over 1st Branch White R.	Orange	1879	1995	Wood or Timber	50	Fair
Tr 03 Fas 188 over Mad River	Washington	1879	2000	Wood or Timber	770	Fair
C3006 over Cold River	Rutland	1880	2015	Wood or Timber	200	Fair
C3058 over So. Wheelock Branch	Caledonia	1881	1980	Wood or Timber	400	Poor
C3046 over Lulls Brook	Windsor	1881		Wood or Timber	100	Poor
C4025 over West Hill Brook	Franklin	1883	2009	Wood or Timber	30	Fair
C3027 over So. Br. Trout River	Franklin	1883	2009	Wood or Timber	40	Fair
C3042 over Trout River	Franklin	1883	2003	Wood or Timber	50	Good
C3068 over First Branch White R.	Orange	1883		Wood or Timber	40	Fair
C3045 over 1st Branch White R.	Orange	1883	2006	Wood or Timber	50	Good
C3054 over Joes Brook	Caledonia	1886	2002	Wood or Timber	100	Fair
C3062 over West River	Windham	1886	2010	Steel	200	Good
C3002 over No. Br Lamoille R	Lamoille	1887	1980	Wood or Timber	50	Fair
C3023 over Lamoille River	Lamoille	1887	2004	Wood or Timber	1,200	Fair
C3025 over 1st Branch White R.	Orange	1889	2010	Aluminum/Wrought Iron/Cast Iron	30	Fair
US 00007 Ml over Sugar Hollow Brook	Rutland	1889	1973	Masonry	8,800	Good
C2001 over Black Falls Brook	Franklin	1890	2000	Wood or Timber	410	Fair
C3037 over Mill Brook	Windsor	1890		Wood or Timber	50	Fair
Vt 00933 Ml over Connecticut River	Essex	1893	2005	Aluminum/Wrought Iron/Cast Iron	220	Fair
Vt 00030 Ml over Otter Creek	Addison	1893		Masonry	8,200	Fair
C3030 over Mill Brook	Windsor	1895	2012	Wood or Timber	100	Good
C3050 over Sterling Brook	Lamoille	1896	1971	Steel	150	Good
C3014 over N. Br. Lamoille River	Lamoille	1896	1976	Steel	10	Fair
C3009 over Holmes Creek	Chittenden	1898	1993	Wood or Timber	550	Fair
C3008 over Stony Brook	Washington	1899	1968	Steel	400	Fair
C3051 over Jewett Brook	Bennington	1900	1948	Steel	500	Fair
C30pr over Paran River	Bennington	1900	1960	Concrete	750	Fair
C3004 over Mill Brook	Bennington	1900	1976	Steel	120	Fair
C2003 over Cox Brook	Washington	1900	1967	Steel	1,200	Fair
C3009 over Bull Creek	Windham	1900	1991	Steel	20	Poor
C2005 over 3rd Branch White R.	Windsor	1900		Steel	100	Fair
C3018 over Williams River	Windsor	1900	1992	Steel	20	Good
Park Street over Black River	Windsor	1900		Concrete	4,730	Fair
Nh 11 over Connecticut River	Windsor	1900	2016	Steel	6,958	Fair
C3050 over Ottauquechee River	Windsor	1900	2002	Steel	400	Fair
US 00007 Ml over Neshobe River	Rutland	1900		Masonry	9,300	Good
Tr 01 Fas 125 over Simpson Brook	Windham	1900	1950	Masonry	1,300	Good
Vt 00155 Ml over Mill River	Rutland	1900	1959	Steel	970	Fair
Alt Vt 00122 Ml over Miller Run	Caledonia	1900	1995	Steel	4,500	Good
C3013 over 1st Branch White R.	Orange	1902		Wood or Timber	50	Fair
City Grnit over Winooski River	Washington	1902	1992	Steel	4,200	Fair
C3022 over Black Creek	Franklin	1903		Steel	100	Poor
C3066 over 2nd Branch White R.	Orange	1904	2011	Wood or Timber	60	Good
C3064 over 2nd Branch White R.	Orange	1904	2008	Steel	40	Good
C3060 over 2nd Branch White R.	Orange	1904	2009	Wood or Timber	20	Good
C3041 over Mill Brook	Windsor	1904	2010	Steel	10	Good
C2004 over Black River	Windsor	1905	2005	Steel	720	Fair
C3011 over Mill River	Franklin	1906	1990	Steel	20	Fair
C3007 over Otter Creek	Addison	1908	2008	Steel	650	Fair
C3005 over Castleton River	Rutland	1908	1999	Steel	40	Fair
C3057 over N.e.c.r.r. & Dog River	Washington	1908	1986	Steel	150	Poor
C3448 over Power Dam Canal	Windham	1909		Concrete	600	Poor
C3023 over New England Central Rr	Chittenden	1910	1991	Prestressed Concrete	1,500	Fair
C3012 over Missisquoi River	Orleans	1910	2007	Steel	70	Good
Nh123 over Connecticut River	Windham	1910	1989	Steel	5,698	Fair
Vt 00346 Ml over Brook	Bennington	1910		Steel	1,300	Fair
Vt 00232 Ml over Mollys Brook	Washington	1910	1954	Steel	400	Fair
Mt Orne Road over Connecticut River	Essex	1911	1988	Wood or Timber	658	Fair
C3042 over Tyler Branch	Franklin	1911		Steel	70	Poor
US 00004 Ml over Ottauquechee River	Windsor	1911	1989	Steel	8,900	Poor
Columbia Bridge RD over Connecticut River	Essex	1912	1981	Wood or Timber	227	Fair
Vt 0007a Alt over W. Branch Batten Kill R.	Bennington	1912	2012	Masonry	12,500	Good
C3014 over Green Mountain Rwy.	Windham	1913		Steel	100	Poor
C3030 over Jones Brook	Chittenden	1914	2010	Steel	80	Fair

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