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Cornwall-Salisbury Covered Bridge

Cornwall, Addison County, Vermont

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

Cornwall-Salisbury Covered Bridge, Cornwall, Vermont
Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Resized from the original.

At a glance

Status
Lost: destroyed by fire in 2016; a temporary bridge carries traffic and VTrans plans a replacement[1]
Year built
1856[2]
Truss type
Not verified
Length
Not verified
Vehicle access
Not verified
Parking
Not verified

This bridge is recorded as lost. The map point marks its former site.

This page has limited verified data (status is lost or unconfirmed), so we keep it out of search engines until it is improved.

About this bridge

Cornwall-Salisbury Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Cornwall, Addison County, Vermont. It appears in the Vermont ANR / VTrans covered bridges map layer. The state record gives its construction date as 1856. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (reference 74000386). Lost: destroyed by fire in 2016; a temporary bridge carries traffic and VTrans plans a replacement.

Bridge details

Town
Cornwall[2]
Location / road
Swamp Rd.[2]
Year built
1856[2]
National Register ref.
74000386[3]
Coordinates
43.91811, -73.17373[2]

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, Crosses, 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

Red dot: this bridge. Green dots: nearest bridges in our list. Distances are straight-line, not driving.

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Sources

  1. VTrans project factsheet: Salisbury-Cornwall Bridge No. 8: checked 2026-11-01
  2. Vermont ANR / VTrans covered bridges map layer: checked 2026-11-01
  3. National Register of Historic Places (NPS), via Wikidata reference number: checked 2026-11-01

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