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Brown Covered Bridge

Shrewsbury, Rutland County, Vermont

Last checked 2026-11-01 · Sources · More Vermont bridges

Brown Covered Bridge, Shrewsbury, Vermont
Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Resized from the original.

At a glance

Status
Listed in the state's covered bridge inventory[1]
Year built
1880[1]
Truss type
Not verified
Length
Not verified
Vehicle access
Not verified
Parking
Not verified

Directions to mapped location

Directions go to the bridge's mapped point, not a confirmed parking area.

About this bridge

Brown Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Shrewsbury, Rutland County, Vermont. It appears in the Vermont ANR / VTrans covered bridges map layer. The state record gives its construction date as 1880. Wikidata records it as crossing Cold River. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (reference 74000250).

Bridge details

Town
Shrewsbury[1]
Location / road
E off Rte. 7[1]
Year built
1880[1]
Crosses
Cold River[2]
National Register ref.
74000250[3]
Coordinates
43.56633, -72.91891[1]

Visiting

We have no official parking, accessibility or opening information for this bridge. Many covered bridges sit on working town roads. Park only where it is legal and safe, respect private property and posted signs, and check town or state notices for closures.

Not verified

We have not found an official source for: Truss type, Length, Maintained by, Vehicle access, Parking, Accessibility, Opening hours or seasonal closures. We leave these blank rather than guess. Never assume a road means you can drive, park or walk here.

Map

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Sources

  1. Vermont ANR / VTrans covered bridges map layer: checked 2026-11-01
  2. Wikidata: checked 2026-11-01
  3. National Register of Historic Places (NPS), via Wikidata reference number: checked 2026-11-01

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