| Cilley Covered Bridge | |
| Coordinates: | 43.8831°N -72.5047°W |
| Architecture: | multiple Kingpost truss |
| Added: | September 10, 1974 |
| Refnum: | 74000238 |
The Cilley Covered Bridge is a historic 19th-century covered bridge, carrying Howe Lane across the First Branch White River a short way south of the village of Tunbridge, Vermont. Built in 1883, it is a fine example of a king-post truss structure, and is one of the town's five 19th-century covered bridges. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
The Cilley Covered Bridge stands in a rural area about 1miles south of the central village of Tunbridge. It carries Howe Lane, a side loop off Vermont Route 110, across the First Branch White River. It is a single-span king-post truss structure, 66feet long and 19feet wide, with a road bed 16feet wide (one lane). The bridge is set on abutments of stone, one of which has been faced in concrete, and is covered in vertical board siding and a metal roof. The south side of the bridge has two square window holes, which improve visibility due to a sharp turn in the road at one end. The trusses are set at a skew, giving the bridge the shape of a parallelogram. The portals are square, and the exterior sheathing extends around to the ends of the trusses on the interior.[1]
The bridge was built in 1883, and has been little altered since then. It is one of six bridges in a 7miles stretch of the First Branch White River, representing one of the highest concentrations of covered bridges in the state.[1]